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Version: 2026

The Bar Code control
The Bar Code control displays bar codes in your windows, pages or reports...
Bar Code functions
The following functions are used to manage bar codes:
iPrintBarCode (Function)
Prints a bar code (inside a rectangle).
Reading bar codes
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create applications for reading bar codes...
Camera field: decode bar codes (prefix syntax)
In iOS and Android, bar codes can be decoded via the Camera control using BCCapture...
CameraStartDecoding (Function)
Starts decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
<Camera>.StopDecoding (Function)
Stops decoding a bar code in a Camera control.
CameraStopDecoding (Function)
Stops decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
Managing bar codes
The use of bar codes to identify and manage products has become essential...
Decoding bar codes using a Camera control
In iOS and Android, bar codes can be decoded via the Camera control using BCCapture...
BCCapture (Function)
Decodes the information stored in a bar code by using the device camera (Android, iPhone, iPad).
Printing bar codes
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to print bar codes.
BCToImage (Function)
Generates the image of a bar code.
BCDecode (Function)
Decodes the information stored in a QR Code bar code.
VideoStartDecoding (Function)
Starts decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
BCCalculateControlCharacter (Function)
Returns the check code of a bar code.
VideoStopDecoding (Function)
Stops decoding a bar code in a Camera control.
<Camera>.StartDecoding (Function)
Starts decoding bar codes in a Camera control.
SocketExist (Function)
Checks the existence of socket.
HListProvider (Function)
Returns the list of OLE DB providers and/or Native Connectors installed on the current computer....
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)....
TileAdd (Function)
Adds a new tile customization for the current Windows Store Apps application.
Parallax effect
"Parallax" effects make it possible to scroll the elements in the interface at different speeds......
Mean (Function)
Calculates the mean of several elements: elements found in an array, numeric values, ......
fExtractPath (Function)
Returns the different elements of a path: disk, directories, name and extension of the file.
LooperModify (Function)
Changes the values of the attributes in a row of a Looper control.
grPieStartAngle (Function)
Indicates the start angle of first section in a Pie chart, Semi-circular chart or Donut chart.
TableAddLine (Function)
Adds a row in: a Table control, a TreeView Table control....
dSlice (Function)
Draws a circle section or an ellipse section: in an Image control, in an Image variable, in a WDPic variable (on the background layer), in a picLayer variable....
EmailStartOutlookSession (Function)
Allows you to access data handled by the Outlook messaging software (emails, contacts, groups of contacts, tasks, appointments and folders).
Fixed array (Type of variable)
A fixed array is an "advanced" type of array...
PVTCalculateAll (Function)
Entirely calculates or recalculates a Pivot Table control.
LanguageToName (Function)
Returns the name of a language.
Overloading a WLanguage function or using a WLanguage function in an SQL query
WLanguage includes the "WL" keyword......
PropertyExist (Function)
Used to find out whether a property exists on a control or on a class instance.
iConfigure (Function)
Configures the printer for a print performed in WLanguage: by opening the configuration window. by modifying the printer used for the current print....
ExtractString (Function)
Allows you to: extract a substring from a string based on a specified string separator. search for substrings in a string based on a specified string separator....
YesNo (Function)
Displays a message in a standard dialog box that proposes "Yes" and "No" and returns the user's choice....
StatVariance (Function)
Calculates the variance for a series of values.
FTPName (Function)
Returns the name of last file accessed by an FTP function (File Transfer Protocol).
PageParameter (Function)
Returns the value of a parameter passed to the current page.
HDuplicateRecord (Function)
Duplicates the record read in a data file: the record found in memory is added into the data file (query or view).
FolderWeb_15 (Function)
Caution: when migrating a project from WEBDEV 1.5 to WEBDEV 17: FolderWeb was replaced with FolderWeb_15. a warning is automatically generated in your project....