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Bar Code functions
The following functions are used to manage bar codes:
The Bar Code control
The Bar Code control displays bar codes in your windows, pages or reports...
CameraStopDecoding (Function)
Stops decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
Printing bar codes
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to print bar codes.
BCCalculateControlCharacter (Function)
Returns the check code of a bar code.
<Camera>.StopDecoding (Function)
Stops decoding a bar code in a Camera control.
Decoding bar codes using a Camera control
In iOS and Android, bar codes can be decoded via the Camera control using BCCapture...
iPrintBarCode (Function)
Prints a bar code (inside a rectangle).
BCToImage (Function)
Generates the image of a bar code.
Managing bar codes
The use of bar codes to identify and manage products has become essential...
<Camera>.StartDecoding (Function)
Starts decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
VideoStopDecoding (Function)
Stops decoding a bar code in a Camera control.
BCCapture (Function)
Decodes the information stored in a bar code by using the device camera (Android, iPhone, iPad).
CameraStartDecoding (Function)
Starts decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
Camera field: decode bar codes (prefix syntax)
In iOS and Android, bar codes can be decoded via the Camera control using BCCapture...
VideoStartDecoding (Function)
Starts decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
Reading bar codes
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create applications for reading bar codes...
BCDecode (Function)
Decodes the information stored in a QR Code bar code.
Overloading a WLanguage function or using a WLanguage function in an SQL query
WLanguage includes the "WL" keyword......
BrowsedItem (Property)
The BrowsedItem property is used to: Get the item used to automatically loop through table, Looper, List Box, ListView, and Combo Box controls, supercontrols, and reports based on tables. Change the item used to automatically loop through Table, Looper, List Box, ListView and Combo Box controls, supercontrols and reports based on tables. Then, the iteration is reinitialized....
ChangeAction (Function)
Used to specify the action to perform when the HTML page displayed in the browser is no longer synchronized with the page context on server.
HTTPSend (Function)
Sends an HTTP request and waits for the response from the HTTP server.
Seek (Function)
Searches for the index of an element in a WLanguage array.
ArraySeek (Function)
Searches for the index of an element in a WLanguage array.
Android 10: Modifying the behavior of applications
Starting with Android 10, Google no longer allows an application running in the background to open a window
Report based on a TreeView Table control
You can use a report based on a TreeView Table control to directly print the information displayed in a TreeView Table control found......
10. Internal components in practice
11. Internal components in practice
Internal components in practice...
XamlEvent (Function)
Associates a procedure written in WLanguage with an event of Xaml control.
SSHDisconnectShell (Function)
Closes an SSH session that was opened by SSHConnectShell.
SSHWrite (Function)
Writes data into the specified SSH session.
SysSpace (Function)
Returns the physical memory space for the current computer.
Serial and parallel port management functions
List of functions for managing serial and parallel ports...
diffCreate (Function)
Compares two buffers and creates a buffer containing the differences between these two buffers.
EventWait (Function)
Locks the current thread while waiting for the specified event to be opened.
HRetrieveRecord (Function)
Returns the content of the current record (in a file, a view or a query, ...).
xlsNbRow (Function)
Returns the number of rows found in an XLS file.
XMLParent (Function)
Positions on the parent element of current element (tag or attribute).
HErrorPassword (Function)
After the execution of a read or write function in a data file, used to find out whether an error caused by a wrong password occurred on this data file.
PreviousPage (Function)
Returns the name of the previous page.