Anchor (Property)

Find out the current anchor of a control in a window.Find out the current anchor of a control in a window or report.
Modify the characteristics of the anchor applied to a control in a window.

Reminder: The anchor of a control is used to define the control behavior (size and location) when resizing the window (or report).

Several properties are used to define or find out the anchor rate of a control. These properties are as follows:

Versions 15 and later

This property is now available for Android applications.

New in version 15

This property is now available for Android applications.

Versions 16 and later

This property is now available for Windows Phone applications.

This property is now available for the WINDEV applications in Linux.

New in version 16

This property is now available for Windows Phone applications.

This property is now available for the WINDEV applications in Linux.

This property is now available for Windows Phone applications.

This property is now available for the WINDEV applications in Linux.

Versions 17 and later

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This property is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

Versions 19 and later

This property is now available for the report controls.

This property is available for the report controls only.

New in version 19

This property is now available for the report controls.

This property is available for the report controls only.

This property is now available for the report controls.

This property is available for the report controls only.

Versions 20 and later

This property is now available for Table controls and for table columns in Android and iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 20

This property is now available for Table controls and for table columns in Android and iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

// Define the anchor characteristics
// The control will be resized in height and width
LIST_List1..Anchor = anchorWidth + anchorHeight

Syntax

Finding out the anchor of a control Hide the details

<Current anchor> = <Control used>..Anchor

<Current anchor>: Integer constant

Characteristics of anchor currently defined for the control.
anchorBottom The control moves to the bottom.
anchorRight The control moves to the right.
anchorHeight The control stretches to the bottom.
anchorTopLeft No action.
anchorWidth The control stretches to the right.

anchorRight and anchorWidth can be associated with anchorBottom and anchorHeight.

<Control used>: Control name

Name of control used (window or report control).

Modifying the anchor of a control Hide the details

<Control used>..Anchor = <New anchor>

<Control used>: Control name

Name of control used (window or report control).

<New anchor>: Integer constant

Characteristics of anchor currently defined for the control.
anchorBottom The control moves to the bottom.
anchorRight The control moves to the right.
anchorHeight The control stretches to the bottom.
anchorTopLeft No action.
anchorWidth The control stretches to the right.

anchorRight and anchorWidth can be associated with anchorBottom and anchorHeight.

Remarks

Anchor

Reminder: the anchor of a control is used to define the control behavior (size and location) when resizing the window or report.

The positions and widths used to calculate the new sizes and positions are the ones defined in the editor. They can be returned by ..XInitial, ..YInitial, ..InitialWidth and ..InitialHeight.

Notes:

..Anchor is not available for a column found in a Table or TreeView Table control. The anchor of a column is specified by ..AnchorRateWidth directly.
If the control is associated with a tab pane, the anchor is defined in relation to the Tab control.

Limits

..Anchor applies to all the window controls.

Versions 19 and later

..Anchor applies to all the report controls. In this case, you can only find out the type of anchoring used.

New in version 19

..Anchor applies to all the report controls. In this case, you can only find out the type of anchoring used.

..Anchor applies to the following controls:

Button control.
Static control.
Edit control.
Image control.
Check Box control.
Radio Button control.
List Box control.
Combo Box control.
TreeView control.
Tab control.
Table control.
Supercontrol.