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Search the selected text on the Internet (AAF)
The context menu of Edit controls includes a "Search on Internet" option for the term selected in the control...
<HTML editor>.Search (Function)
Searches for a string in an HTML Editor control.
Search in current code
When coding, developers often need to do a quick search in the current code
<Diagram variable>.Search (Function)
Searches for shapes containing a specific text in a diagram.
<Code Editor>.Search (Function)
Searches for a string or regular expression in the Code Editor control.
<sfConnection variable>.Search (Function)
Performs a search among the records found in a Salesforce database.
Characteristics of columns found in a Table control in a page (prefix syntax)
The columns are used to display information in a Table control...
Managing space characters in the searches?
The LDAP protocol is increasingly used by the companies...
<ANSI string>.Contains (Function)
Allows you to check if a substring is within a string.
Project Management Hub: Presentation
The Project Management Hub is used to organize and schedule a project, from design to delivery...
TableSearch (Function)
Performs a search in:
  • a Table control,
  • a TreeView Table control,
  • tables displayed in a Combo Box control.
Characteristics of the columns of a Table control in a page
The columns are used to display information in a Table control.
Characteristics of the columns in a Table control in a window
The columns are used to display information in a Table control...
<TreeView Table column>.SearchChild (Function)
Searches for a value in a column of a TreeView Table control, in a specified branch.
TableSearchChild (Function)
Searches for a value in a column of a TreeView Table control, in a specified branch.
Finding text in multiple controls within a window
To find a word in the different controls of a window, simply press CTRL + F and type the desired word...
NearbyShareDiscoverDevice (Function)
Discovers nearby devices that have advertised themselves and are waiting to connect ("advertisers").
<Source>.Seek (Function)
Sets the position on the first record of the table whose value for a specific item is greater than or equal to a search value (generic search by default).
<TreeMap>.Seek (Function)
Finds the index of an element in a TreeMap control from the element path.
Characteristics of the columns in a Table control in a window (prefix syntax)
The columns are used to display information in a Table control...
<Document variable>.Seek (Function)
Finds a character string in an entire Document variable.
<Table>.SearchEverywhere (Function)
Searches for a value in all the columns of the following controls:
  • Table control,
  • TreeView Table control,
  • Table control displayed in a Combo Box control.
ListSeek (Function)
Searches for an element in:
  • a List Box control,
  • WINDEVJava a ListView control,
  • a Combo Box control,
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    AndroidiPhone/iPad a Wheel control.
    Note: This control is only available from version 2026 - Update 2.
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    AndroidiPhone/iPad a Wheel control.
    Note: This control is only available from version 2026 - Update 2.
    New in version 2026
    AndroidiPhone/iPad a Wheel control.
    Note: This control is only available from version 2026 - Update 2.
    AndroidiPhone/iPad a Wheel control.
    Note: This control is only available from version 2026 - Update 2.
LooperSearch (Function)
Searches for a value in an attribute of a Looper control.
LooperSearchEverywhere (Function)
Searches for a value in all the attributes of a Looper control.
<Word Processing>.Seek (Function)
Finds a character string in an entire Word Processing control.
Contains (Function)
Checks for a substring within a string.
<Looper>.SearchEverywhere (Function)
Searches for a value in all the attributes of a Looper control.
TableSearchEverywhere (Function)
Searches for a value in all the columns of the following controls:
  • Table control,
  • TreeView Table control,
  • Table control displayed in a Combo Box control.
XMLExecuteXPath (Example)
Usage example of the XMLExecuteXPath function
HDBDescribeIndex (Function)
Describes through programming the different index files that will be created.
WDAdminHF: Managing a database
The remote HFSQL administrator proposes a full management of the HFSQL Client/Server databases......
Handling Word Processing controls programmatically
Word Processing controls can be handled programmatically......
BrowsedItem (Property)
The BrowsedItem property is used to: Get the item used to automatically loop through table,...
The Spreadsheet control: Available formulas
At run time, in the Spreadsheet control, the end user directly enters the calculation formulas......
Reuse code via external components
WINDEV Tutorial: External components Reusing code with external components - 40 min
4. Simple printing
WINDEV Tutorial: Managing data in a WINDEV application Lesson 4 - Simple printing - 20 min
GglFillCalendar (Function)
Fills a calendar that was retrieved beforehand: the events corresponding to the calendar...
Live Data: viewing data in the editors
The "Live Data" is used to view the content of the data files in the controls currently created...
OrientationTitle (Property)
The OrientationTitle property is used to: Find out if the title of an Table control column...
WINDEV Mobile 2024 Tutorial - Table of contents
fDir (Function)
Finds a file or directory.
HImportJSON (Function)
Imports a JSON file into an HFSQL Classic table. This table must have been defined in the data...
Help page identifier
To display a specific help page from your WINDEV application, an identifier must be specified...
Keywords (Property)
The Keywords property is used to get and modify the keywords associated with a page.
RTFToText (Function)
Returns the text without the formatting characteristics specific to RTF.
HBackward (Function)
Moves backward several records from the current position in the table, according to a specified...
FOR ALL/FOR EACH statement (browse of strings)
The FOR EACH statement is used to browse strings according to different methods...