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Management of XML
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV include several functions for handling XML code...
Native XML Connector
WINDEV and WEBDEV allow you to import and handle a definition of XML files via the data model editor...
XML functions
List of XML functions
XML functions (prefix syntax)
List of XML functions
XML: Handling large (multi-gigabyte) files
Starting with version 23, an XML parser is available to handle XML files that are multiple GB in size...
<Source>.ActivateAutoFilter (Function)
Enables an automatic filter on the linked files when browsing an XML file.
HExportXML (Function)
Exports the records found in a data file (HFSQL or OLE DB), view or query to an XML file.
<Source>.ExportXML (Function)
Exports the records found in a data file (HFSQL or OLE DB), view or query to an XML file.
ExecuteAAF (Function)
Runs an Automatic Application Feature (AAF) on a control or window.
DisableAAF (Function)
Disables an Automatic Application Feature (AAF) on a control, window or on the current application.
XMLSave (Function)
Saves an XML document in a file.
<xmlNode>.ToJSON (Function)
Converts an XML string to JSON.
LooperToXML (Function)
Creates an XML file with data from a Looper control (Looper control based on a data file or populated programmatically).
HDeactivateAutoFilter (Function)
Disables an automatic filter on the linked files when browsing an XML file.
AAFDisable (Function)
Disables an Automatic Application Feature (AAF) on a control, window or on the current application.
FOR EACH/FOR ALL statement (loop through a variable of type XMLReader)
The FOR EACH statement loops through a variable of type xmlReader in various ways:
  • Loop through a level.
  • Loop through a level with copy.
  • In-depth loop.
<Source>.DeactivateAutoFilter (Function)
Disables an automatic filter on the linked files when browsing an XML file.
HActivateAutoFilter (Function)
Enables an automatic filter on the linked files when browsing an XML file.
ExtractStringBetween (Function)
Allows you to:
  • extract a substring between two given separators from a character string.
  • search for substrings between two given separators in a character string.
XMLOpen (Function)
Loads an XML document from a file, a URL or a string into an xmlDocument variable.
XMLFindNamespaceByURI (Function)
Finds an XML namespace from its URI (Universal Resource Identifier) in a node and in the parents of this node.
Managing the XSD
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to import files in XSD format.
TableToXML (Function)
Creates an XML file from the data found in a Table or TreeView Table control.
XMLOpenReader (Function)
Creates a reader used to read an XML document without loading it in memory.
<xmlDocument>.ToJSON (Function)
Converts an XML string to JSON.
Importing and consuming SOAP web services
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to directly import web services into your applications...
Analysis editor: the different types of sections
The different types of items proposed in the data model editor are as follows:
HRecordToXML (Function)
Retrieves the structure and the value of the current record and exports them into a character string in XML format.
XMLToJSON (Function)
Converts an XML string to JSON.
<xmlDocument variable>.Save (Function)
Saves an XML document in a file.
<xmlNode variable>.FindNamespaceByName (Function)
Finds an XML namespace according to its XML node and in the parents of the node.
Report viewer: "Export" pane
The "Export" pane in the report viewer allows you to perform the following operations...
<Looper>.ToXML (Function)
Creates an XML file with data from a Looper control (Looper control based on a data file or populated programmatically).
AAFExecute (Function)
Runs an Automatic Application Feature (AAF) on a control or window. This function can be used to start the spelling checker on an edit control for example.
XMLFindNamespaceByName (Function)
Finds an XML namespace according to its XML node and in the parents of the node.
XMLSign (Function)
Signs an XML document.
<Table>.ToXML (Function)
Creates an XML file from the data found in a Table or TreeView Table control.
<xmlNode variable>.FindNamespaceByURI (Function)
Finds an XML namespace from its URI (Universal Resource Identifier) in a node and in the parents of this node.
<Source>.RecordToXML (Function)
Retrieves the structure and the value of the current record and exports them into a character string in XML format.
Result of a query in test mode
After its execution in test mode (see Running the query test), the result of the query can be...
SOAPAddSAMLAssertion (Function)
Adds a SAML assertion to a Webservice request.
NET constants
List of constants used by the DotNet functions....
SOAPAddAttribute (Function)
Adds an attribute to an automatic variable generated by the import of a Webservice.
Installing a SOAP server with Apache
SOAP constants
List of constants used by the SOAP functions....
SFDisconnect (Function)
Disconnects: the Salesforce platform. the current Salesforce session....
Configuring the SOAP administrator
SFModify (Function)
Modifies the records of a file defined in Salesforce.
GglListContact (Function)
Retrieves the list of contacts associated with the specified Google account.
DotNetRun (Function)
Runs a procedure on a .Net server.
Tile (Type of variable)
The Tile type is used to defined all the advanced characteristics of a tile for an application...
SOAPPrepare (Function)
Builds the SOAP request for calling a Webservice function.
GglFillCalendar (Function)
Fills a calendar that was retrieved beforehand: the events corresponding to the calendar...
Monitoring robot: Configuring the Robot controller parameters
From the monitor, you can change the configuration options......
FOR ALL/FOR EACH statement (browse of strings)
The FOR EACH statement is used to browse strings according to different methods...
Differences and specific features of an HFSQL Client/Server application
The management mode of data files may have to be adapted when using an HFSQL Client/Server...
rssCategory (Type of variable)
The rssCategory type is used to handle the category of a RSS stream or stream entry.
GglWrite (Function)
Creates and/or updates data on the Google server (addition or modification of data)....
Point (Type of variable)
A Point variable is a structured type that is used to represent a position (X, Y) in 2 dimensions.
Mashup
The concept of Mashup consists in aggregating data coming from different software, different...
9. Generation modes
WINDEV Mobile includes different types of generation......
Print modes of a report
Several print modes are available for a report....
SQLLock (Function)
Used to lock: The entire data table, in read and write mode. Its data cannot be accessed...
Rectangle (Type of variable)
A Rectangle variable is a structured type that is used to represent a rectangle (X, Y, Width,...
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