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Data Source (Variable type)
A Data Source variable is used to describe a temporary data source (query, view, alias, etc.).
MySource (Reserved word)
MySource is used to handle the current data source (file, view or query) associated with a report or with a table based on a data file...
HDataSourceKnown (Function)
Determines if a data source has been initialized.
SQLListSource (Function)
Lists the data sources declared on a local site.
<Source>.DataSourceKnown (Function)
Determines if a data source has been initialized.
<Source>.ChangeDir (Function)
Changes the path to a data file (i.e. directory in which the file will be handled).
<Source>.ModifyStructure (Function)
Used to update the structure of an HFSQL data file by performing an automatic data modification (also called data synchronization).
ControlToSource (Function)
Assigns the control value to the source of a control link.
VolumeGet (Function)
Retrieves the current setting of the volume for a sound source.
Handling a Logical Data Model (LDM)
The main operations that can be performed on an LDM are as follows......
<Source>.Close (Function)
Closes a data file or all the data files opened by the current user: all the corresponding physical data files are closed for the current user.
<Source>.CheckIndex (Function)
Checks whether the data found in the index file (.NDX file) properly refers the data found in the data file (.FIC file).
<Source>.ImportJSON (Function)
Imports a JSON file into a data file in HFSQL Classic format (data file described in the data model editor or declared by HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile).
XMLSource (Property)
The XMLSource property is used to get the XML source code.
8. Source Code Manager (SCM)
Source Code Manager (SCM)...
<Email variable>.ImportSource (Function)
Fills an Email variable using the content of its Source property.
<Email variable>.BuildSource (Function)
Generates the source code of the email to send from an Email variable.
ArrowStart (Function)
Sets the position of the source end of an arrow in a "Shape" control.
<Source>.LockFile (Function)
Locks a data file and restricts the access to this data file for all other sites or applications.
<Source>.ImportXML (Function)
Imports an XML file into an HFSQL Classic or Client/Server data file (data file described in the data model editor or declared by HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile)....
<Source>.ImportXLS (Function)
Imports an XLS file into a data file in HFSQL Classic or Client/Server format (data file described in the data model editor, or declared by HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile)....
<Source>.ImportText (Function)
Imports a Text file into a data file in HFSQL Classic or Client/Server format (data file described in the data model editor, or declared by HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile)....
<Source>.InfoLock (Function)
Returns information about the lock set on a data file, on one or all the records in a data file.
<Source>.Flush (Function)
Forces the operating system of the computer where the data files are found to write data onto the disk.
<Source>.DeclareExternal (Function)
Temporarily imports into the current analysis the description of a data file from an existing HFSQL data file.