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<Map>.GetPosition (Function)
Returns the geographical position of the point located in the center of the map currently displayed in a Map control.
NbDescribedThumbnail (Property)
The NbDescribedThumbnail property is used to get the number of thumbnails expected for an item.
Android permission functions
The following functions are used to manage permissions in Android applications...
<xlsDocument variable>.MergeCell (Function)
Merges the specified cells in an Excel document.
<pdfDocument variable>.VerifySignatures (Function)
Checks the validity of PDF signatures. Note: This function is only available from version 2025 Update 1....
<hdfsConnection variable>.CopyTo (Function)
Copies a file located on the local machine to a Hadoop server.
COMQueryInterface (Function)
Calls the QueryInterface method of the specified COM object to get a specific interface of this object so that it can be used with COMCallMethod.
geoRunApp (Function)
Starts the device's native maps application to display: a specific geographical location, a route between two locations....
AppServerListScheduledTask (Function)
Returns the list of scheduled tasks for the application (site or Webservice).
<mongoCollection variable>.Add (Function)
Adds one or more documents into a collection of MongoDB database.
<Notification variable>.Send (Function)
Sends an interactive notification to the system in order to be displayed.
MaxThumbnailHeight (Property)
The MaxThumbnailHeight property gets and sets the maximum height of a thumbnail of an Image item (binary memo).
HTMLOpen (Function)
Creates an htmlDocument variable from an HTML document.
<hdfsConnection variable>.CopyFrom (Function)
Copies a file found on a Hadoop server to the local computer.
AppServerDeleteScheduledTask (Function)
Deletes a scheduled task associated with the application (site or Webservice).
UPNPFindDevice (Function)
Finds a device based on its unique name (UDN).
WLanguageCodeFormat (Function)
Formats WLanguage code: coloring, normalized rewriting, indentation, translation, etc.
<pdfDocument variable>.Extract (Function)
Creates a new PDF document from individual pages extracted from an existing PDF file.
<hdfsConnection variable>.Rename (Function)
Renames a file or a directory found on a Hadoop server.
<hdfsConnection variable>.Delete (Function)
Deletes a file or directory from a Hadoop server.
COMCreateInstance (Function)
Instantiates a COM object (Component Object Model).
iImageHeight (Function)
Calculates the height of the image to print (in millimeters).
fDataDirCommon (Function)
Returns a directory path for the data shared: between all the users of the computer between all the TSE users This directory can be used without restriction in Windows XP, Vista, and so on. This directory is used to store: the files for the general configuration of the application (.INI files, .XML files, etc.). tables common to all users (HFSQL tables .fic, .ndx, .mmo)....