Caption (Property)

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Content of Static control
Equivalence
Caption associated with a window or with a page
Caption associated with a Static control, an Edit control, a Combo box, a List box or a Listview
Caption associated with a table column
Caption of Check Box or Radio Button control
Caption of a Check Box column in a Treeview Table control
Caption associated with an Image control
Caption associated with a button
Caption of a Tab control
Differences between WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile: Managing the menu options
Limits

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WINDEV Mobile

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Caption (Property)

In french: Libellé

In a database, ..Caption is used to:

Find out the caption associated with a file item.
Remark: The item was created in the data model editor or by programming.
Find out the caption associated with a data file.
Remark: The data file may have been created in the data model editor or by programming.
Find out and modify the connection caption. The connection can correspond to:
- a connection described in the data model editor,
- a connection described by HConnect, HDescribeConnection or HOpenConnection.
- a connection described by a Connection variable.

In a report, ..Caption is used to find out or modify the text:

of a Static control.
of a Link control.
Versions 17 and later
of a Chart control.
New in version 17
of a Chart control.
of a Chart control.

In a window or in a page, ..Caption is used to:

Find out and modify the caption of a control in a window or in a page.
Find out and modify the caption of a menu option.
Find out and modify the title of a window or page.

Reminder: The initial caption of a control, window, page or menu option is defined in the editor during the object description.

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 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

// Find out the caption associated with the Customer.Title item
ResCaption = Customer.Title..Caption

// Modify the text in the "STC_IntroControl" Static control
STC_IntroControl..Caption = "Dear Sir" + Customer.Name
// Equivalent to: STC_IntroControl..Caption = "Dear Sir [%Customer.Name%]"

// Change the button caption
IF WIN_Window1..Modified = True THEN
BTN_Add..Caption = "Save"
ELSE
BTN_Add..Caption = "Close"
END

Syntax

Finding out the caption associated with an item Hide the details

<Result> = <Data file>.<Item>..Caption

<Result>: Integer

Caption of item.

<Data file>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Logical name of data file used.

<Item>: Character string (with or without quotes)

Name of item used.

Finding out the text of caption associated with an element Hide the details

<Result> = <Element used>..Caption

<Result>: Character string

Text displayed in the specified element.

<Element used>: Type of element

Name of element to use.

Modifying the text of caption associated with an element Hide the details

<Element used>..Caption = <New text>

<Element used>: Type of element

Name of element to use.

<New text>: Character string

New text displayed in the specified element.

Remarks

Content of Static control

To retrieve the value of a control or the value of an item in a Static control:

In the report editor: insert [%<Control name>%] or [%<Item name>%] directly into the caption of the control.
In programming: two syntaxes are available with ..Caption:
- use directly the [%<Control name>%] or [%<Item name>%] string in the string that corresponds to the caption. For example:
  
  STC_IntroControl..Caption = "Dear Sir [%Customer.Name%]"
- use the name of the control or the name of the item in the caption. For example:
  
  STC_IntroControl..Caption = "Dear Sir" + Customer.Name

Equivalence

..Caption is equivalent to ..Value.

To retrieve the text of a Static control, the following syntaxes are equivalent:

ResCaption = <Name of Static control>..Caption

ResCaption = <Name of Static control>..Value

ResCaption = <Name of Static control>

To modify the text displayed in a Static control, the following syntaxes are equivalent:

<Name of Static control>..Caption = <New text>

<Name of Static control>..Value = <New text>

<Name of Static control> = <New text>

Caption associated with a window or with a page

The caption associated with a window or with a page corresponds to the title of the window or to the title of the page. This title is returned by ..Title.

Caption associated with a Static control, an Edit control, a Combo box, a List box or a Listview

The control caption corresponds to the text of caption.

For a Static control, this text is returned by ..Value.

Caption associated with a table column

The caption of a table column corresponds to the title of the column and it is returned by ..Title.

Caption of Check Box or Radio Button control

..Caption is used to find out and modify:

the caption of Check Box or Radio Button control,
the caption of an option found in the Check Box or Radio Button control.

To modify the caption of an option found in a Check box or Radio Button control:

<Control name>[<Subscript>]..Caption = <New caption>

For example:

RADIO_RadioButton[2]..Caption = "Option #2"

To modify the caption associated with a Check box or Radio Button control:

<Control name>..Caption = <New caption>

For example:

RADIO_RadioButton..Caption = "Age of participants"

To retrieve the caption of an option:

<Control>[Subscript]..Caption

Caption of a Check Box column in a Treeview Table control

..Caption applied to a Check Box column found in a TreeView Table control is used to find out and modify the caption displayed beside the check box.

Caption associated with an Image control

..Caption returns or replaces the current image by the image whose name is passed as parameter.

..Caption is equivalent to a direct assignment of the control with the name of the image (Control = Image_Name).

The Image control includes a caption: therefore, ..Caption is used to modify this caption. If the new caption does not correspond to a valid image, the caption of the Image control is modified.

Caption associated with a button

..Caption can have two actions:

replace the image of the button (the name passed as parameter corresponds to an image file),
return or replace the button caption (the text passed as parameter is not an image file name).

For example:

// Modify the image of a graphic button
BTN_Button1..Caption = "Help.BMP"

// Modify the caption of a text button
BTN_Button1..Caption = "New caption"

Remark: If the specified control contains the & character, the letter that follows the & character is considered as being the shortcut of the control.

Versions 20 and later

Remark: The caption of a Button control can be in RTF or not ("RTF" checked in the "General" tab of the control description).

The caption may contain RTF tags when it is retrieved. To get the caption without the RTF tags, use RTFToText. For example:

MyCaption is string
MyCaption = RTFToText(BTN_Button..Caption)
In modification, the text associated with the caption of the control can be a RTF text or not. The Button control will adapt automatically.

New in version 20

Remark: The caption of a Button control can be in RTF or not ("RTF" checked in the "General" tab of the control description).

The caption may contain RTF tags when it is retrieved. To get the caption without the RTF tags, use RTFToText. For example:

MyCaption is string
MyCaption = RTFToText(BTN_Button..Caption)
In modification, the text associated with the caption of the control can be a RTF text or not. The Button control will adapt automatically.

Remark: The caption of a Button control can be in RTF or not ("RTF" checked in the "General" tab of the control description).

The caption may contain RTF tags when it is retrieved. To get the caption without the RTF tags, use RTFToText. For example:

MyCaption is string
MyCaption = RTFToText(BTN_Button..Caption)
In modification, the text associated with the caption of the control can be a RTF text or not. The Button control will adapt automatically.

Caption of a Tab control

The caption of a Tab control corresponds to the text of the button that is used to select the tab pane.

Differences between WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile: Managing the menu options

WINDEV: The menu options (in main menus or in popup menus) can be managed by the Menuxxx functions and by the corresponding properties.

WINDEV Mobile: To optimize the size of the WINDEV framework installed on the Pocket PC, the menu options can only be managed by the properties.

The equivalence table is as follows:

Available functions in WINDEV	Equivalent properties

MenuUnmark MenuIsMarked MenuMark	Checked
MenuState	State
MenuInvisible	Visible
MenuSelectMinus	State
MenuSelectPlus	State
MenuLabel	Caption

Limits

In a report, ..Caption only applies to the "Static" controls and to the "Link" controls.

In a window, ..Caption cannot be used on the following types of controls:

Spin
Scrollbar

Versions 22 and later

..Caption can be used on the automatic calculation rows to modify the caption of the calculation. See Programming automatic calculations in the columns of a Table control for more details.

New in version 22

..Caption can be used on the automatic calculation rows to modify the caption of the calculation. See Programming automatic calculations in the columns of a Table control for more details.

..Caption only applies to the following elements:

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