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Drag and Drop
Drag and Drop is used to transfer data between several controls with the mouse. This data can be moved between several controls found in the same application or in different applications.
WINDEV: Example of programmed Drag and Drop
An iOS application with an iOS widget configuration can contain one or more iOS 14 widget windows...
Drag and Drop from the explorer
The Drag and Drop from the explorer consists in selecting one or more files in the Windows explorer and in transferring them into a control of a WINDEV window...
Automatic Drag and Drop
For some types of controls, WINDEV and WEBDEV offer an automatic management of Drag and Drop.
Drag and Drop functions
The following functions are used to manage Drag and Drop:
Drag-and-drop operation set programmatically
The programmed Drag and Drop is used to entirely manage Drag/Drop between the different types of controls...
ExplorerRetrieve (Function)
Retrieves the number and the name of the files "dropped" from the explorer.
EmulateDnD (Function)
Emulates a "Drag & Drop" gesture in automated tests.
HTML 5: Example of programmed drag-and-drop management
To make a WEBDEV website more interactive, you have the ability to implement Drag and Drop in the pages.
GroupDelete (Function)
Deletes the current group of contacts from a Lotus Notes or Outlook address book.
hbColumnDescription (Variable type)
The hbColumnDescription type is used to define the advanced characteristics of a group of columns (items).
<Connection variable>.ModifyViewRights (Function)
Sets the rights granted to a user or group on an SQL view or on a materialized view.
<Connection variable>.ModifyDatabaseRights (Function)
Sets the rights granted to a user or group for an HFSQL Client/Server database....
Stack (Variable type)
A Stack variable is a structured type that is used to group a set of elements of the same type.
MemcachedAddKeyGroup (Function)
Adds a new key/value couple into the Memcached cache on a group of servers....
List (Variable type)
A List variable is a structured type that is used to group a set of elements of the same type.
ReturnToCapture (Function)
Stops the current process and forces the input in the specified control, window or page.
HModifyDatabaseRights (Function)
Sets the rights granted to a user or group for an HFSQL Client/Server database....
HInfoViewRights (Function)
Gets the rights granted to a user or group on an SQL view or on a materialized view.
Break functions
The following functions are used to manage loopers in the Table controls and the Looper controls:...
HChangeRplDir (Function)
Changes the location of the subscriber replica description ("*.rpl" file).
HModifyFileRights (Function)
Sets the rights granted to a user or group on an HFSQL Client/Server table....
GroupLast (Function)
Reads the last group of contacts in a Lotus Notes or Outlook address book.
<Connection variable>.InfoViewRights (Function)
Gets the rights granted to a user or group on an SQL view or on a materialized view.
GroupFirst (Function)
Reads the first group of contacts in a Lotus Notes or Outlook address book.
<Connection variable>.ModifyFileRights (Function)
Sets the rights granted to a user or group on an HFSQL Client/Server table....
<Connection variable>.InfoFileRights (Function)
Gets the rights granted to a user or group on an HFSQL Client/Server table....
LooperBreakIndex (Function)
Returns the index of the break header and footer for a given break in a Looper control.
MinValue (Property)
The MinValue property is used to: get and set the bottom value of a report based on a data file. get the minimum value of the current filter. get the minimum value of a data series in a chart. get and set the minimum value for some types of controls....
MemoryFormat (Property)
The MemoryFormat property is used to get and change the format of the value returned for: Date or Time edit controls. Date or Time table columns. Calendar controls. Static controls. editable combo boxes. table columns displayed by combo boxes....
HCheckIndexAsynchronous (Function)
Checks that the data contained in the index file (.NDX file) correctly references the data contained in the HFSQL Client/Server table (.FIC file). This new function is available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 2....
<Connexion HFSQL>CheckAsynchronousIndex (Function)
Checks that the data contained in the index file (.NDX file) correctly references the data contained in the HFSQL Client/Server table (.FIC file). This new function is available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 2....
HFirst (Function)
Sets the position on the first record of a data file according to the specified browse item.