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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.
LoWord (Function)
Returns the two low bytes of an integer.
GetIdentifier (Function)
Calculates a unique identifier (integer) for an executable or for a session.
MultimediaDuration (Function)
Returns the size of the media file currently played (in milliseconds) in the Multimedia control.
HiWord (Function)
Returns the two high bytes of an integer.
MatExist (Function)
Checks the whether the matrix exists in memory.
BrowserType (Function)
Returns the type of browser used by the Web user.
TimeDifference (Function)
Calculates the difference between two times in hundredths of a second.
InitialVisible (Property)
The InitialVisible property is used to determine if: a control was visible during the first display of the associated window or page. a window was visible during its first display....
MultimediaPause (Function)
Pauses a media file played in a Multimedia control.
ExceptionDisplay (Function)
Displays the standard window of exceptions with the content of the current exception.
FTPCurrentDir (Function)
Identifies or modifies the current directory on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
zipSize (Function)
Returns the size of the archive (in ZIP, RAR, CAB, WDZ, 7z, gzip, TAR or TGZ (TAR.GZ) format): the size of all compressed files found in the archive. the size of all files found in the archive before compression....
zipNbPart (Function)
Returns the number of sub-archives (parts) of an archive in CAB, RAR, ZIP, WDZ, 7z, gzip, TAR or TGZ (TAR.GZ) format.
fRead (Function)
Reads: a block of bytes (characters) in an external file (ANSI or Unicode), the content of an external file (ANSI or Unicode) and assigns it to a memory area....
fDate (Function)
Returns or modifies the different dates associated with a file or directory (date created, modified or accessed).
Sensor functions
The following functions are used to manage the compass and the accelerometer in an application run on a mobile device (phone or tablet)....
Remote check: Customizing with a procedure
To customize the remote control performed on a multi-user WINDEV application, you can trigger the execution of a procedure found in the application......
SOAPAddHeader (Function)
Adds a header to the next SOAP function of a Webservice to run.
ExpandedImage (Property)
The ExpandedImage property is used to: find out and modify the default image associated with an expanded row in a TreeView Table control. find out and/or modify the default image associated with an expanded row in a TreeView control. find out and modify the image associated with a specific expanded row in a TreeView Table control. find out and modify the image associated with an expanded row in a treeview item of a "TreeView table" report....
dRectangle (Function)
Draws a rectangle: in an Image control, in an Image variable, in a WDPic variable (on the background layer), in a picLayer variable....
dChord (Function)
Draws the chord of a circle (intersection between an ellipse and a straight line): in an Image control, in an Image variable, in a WDPic variable (on the background layer), in a picLayer variable....
zipExist (Function)
Used to find out whether an archive exists.
SortType (Property)
The SortType property is used to: Find out the sort direction defined for an item or for a component of a composite key. This item was defined in the data model editor or programmatically. Define the sort direction for an item or for a component of a composite key (when describing the item through programming)....
SocketExist (Function)
Checks the existence of socket.