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The Looper control
A Looper control is used to repeat the controls found in a specific area...
The Linear Looper control
A Linear Looper control is used to display a set of controls in a horizontal scrolling list...
LooperCollapse (Function)
Collapses a break that was expanded beforehand in a Looper control.
Report based on a Looper control
A report based on a Looper control is used to directly print the information displayed in the control...
Linear Looper control properties
Merges the specified cells in an Excel document.
<Looper>.Expand (Function)
Expands a break in the Looper control on a given row.
'Image gallery' Looper control
The "Image gallery" Looper control is used to manage the display of a set of images without programming...
LooperAddInProgress (Function)
Gets or sets the display mode of the internal loading window used when additional elements are loaded in an Infinite Looper control.
LooperCollapseAll (Function)
Collapses all expanded breaks in a Looper control.
<Looper>.ExpandAll (Function)
Expands all breaks in a Looper control with break.
Looper control functions
List of functions for managing Looper controls
Display different content for each row
In a Looper control, a different content can be assigned to the Table, Chart, List Box and TreeView controls...
FOR EACH/FOR ALL statement (loop through controls)
The statement FOR EACH is used to perform different types of browse on the controls (List Box, Table or Looper controls)...
LooperExpand (Function)
Expands a break in the Looper control on a given row.
FAA: Increase the height of the lines in the Table or RepeatString fields.
In Table, TreeView Table and Looper controls, the user can resize the height of rows, in read-only or in edit...
Looper control populated programmatically
A Looper control populated programmatically is directly linked to lists stored in memory...
LooperAddIWBeginning (Function)
Adds a row consisting of an internal window at the beginning of an Infinite Looper control. The row is inserted before the first row in the Looper control. The scrollbar of the Looper control remains at the same position.
LooperExpandAll (Function)
Expands all breaks in a Looper control with break.
Looper control functions (prefix syntax)
List of Looper control functions (prefix syntax)
<Looper>.RefreshVisible (Function)
Changes or returns the visibility status of the refresh bar in a Looper control.
<Looper>.Collapse (Function)
Collapses a break that was expanded beforehand in a Looper control.
LooperRefreshVisible (Function)
Changes or returns the visibility status of the refresh bar in a Looper control.
Infinite Table and Looper controls
There are two methods to populate Table and Looper controls programmatically...
<Looper>.AddInProgress (Function)
Gets or sets the display mode of the internal loading window used when additional elements are loaded in an Infinite Looper control.
<Looper>.CollapseExpand (Function)
On a given row of a Looper control:
  • collapses a break (if it is expanded),
  • expands a break (if it is collapsed).
LooperCollapseExpand (Function)
On a given row of a Looper control:
  • collapses a break (if it is expanded),
  • expands a break (if it is collapsed).
Looper control based on a table
This type of Looper control uses data from a table or query...
<Looper>.AddIWBeginning (Function)
Adds a row consisting of an internal window at the beginning of an Infinite Looper control. The row is inserted before the first row in the Looper control. The scrollbar of the Looper control remains at the same position.
<Looper>.CollapseAll (Function)
Collapses all expanded breaks in a Looper control.
Handling a Popup control through programming
The popup being a control of the page, you have the ability to access: the page controls from the popup. the popup controls from the page....
Flexbox example: proportional anchoring on fields
In a flexbox container, you can define ratios for the different controls so that they take up a given amount of space......
The Looper control: Custom synchronization
How to manage the synchronization between: the page displayed in the browser. This page contains a Looper control that displays the records found in an HFSQL file. the corresponding page context found on the server....
Characteristics of the Looper control in a page
To view the characteristics of the control, select "Description" in the context menu....
13. Types of standard controls
Pull to refresh (Android/iOS): Window, Table and Looper controls
The "Pull to refresh" feature allows the user to "pull" a Table control, a Looper control or a window in order to refresh its content......
"Long press" optional event
The optional event "Long press/Open context menu" is run during a long press on the controls of a window......
Events associated with Looper controls
List of events associated with Looper controls...
Managing a Text token Edit control
...Interfaces that use token controls are common. A Token control contains variable amounts of information in a limited area....
Report data source
...The reports can be created with the data coming from:...
HFSQL thumbnails
To optimize the display of images in your application or in your site, you have the ability to use HFSQL thumbnails......
Storing the breaks in the Table/Looper controls (AAF)
When end users work on a complex Table or Looper control with multiple breaks, they may want to save the current layout......
Programming Looper control attributes (prefix syntax)
All the looper attributes can be handled by programming......
StoredItem (Property)
The StoredItem property is used to: Find out the stored item or the stored variable of a Table, Looper, List Box or Combo Box control. Modify the stored item or the stored variable of a Table, Looper, List Box or Combo Box control....