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Looper control functions
List of functions for managing Looper controls
Infinite Table and Looper controls
There are two methods to populate Table and Looper controls programmatically...
Looper control populated programmatically
A Looper control populated programmatically is directly linked to lists stored in memory...
LooperCollapseAll (Function)
Collapses all expanded breaks in a Looper control.
<Looper>.Expand (Function)
Expands a break in the Looper control on a given row.
Looper control functions (prefix syntax)
List of Looper control functions (prefix syntax)
FOR EACH/FOR ALL statement (loop through controls)
The statement FOR EACH is used to perform different types of browse on the controls (List Box, Table or Looper controls)...
'Image gallery' Looper control
The "Image gallery" Looper control is used to manage the display of a set of images without programming...
LooperAddIWBeginning (Function)
Adds a row consisting of an internal window at the beginning of an Infinite Looper control. The row is inserted before the first row in the Looper control. The scrollbar of the Looper control remains at the same position.
<Looper>.ExpandAll (Function)
Expands all breaks in a Looper control with break.
<Looper>.Collapse (Function)
Collapses a break that was expanded beforehand in a Looper control.
AAF: Increase the height of the lines in the Table or RepeatString fields
In Table, TreeView Table and Looper controls, the user can resize the height of rows, in read-only or in edit...
<Looper>.CollapseAll (Function)
Collapses all expanded breaks in a Looper control.
<Looper>.RefreshVisible (Function)
Changes or returns the visibility status of the refresh bar in a Looper control.
<Looper>.CollapseExpand (Function)
On a given row of a Looper control:
  • collapses a break (if it is expanded),
  • expands a break (if it is collapsed).
LooperRefreshVisible (Function)
Changes or returns the visibility status of the refresh bar in a Looper control.
The Linear Looper control
A Linear Looper control is used to display a set of controls in a horizontal scrolling list...
Report based on a Looper control
A report based on a Looper control is used to directly print the information displayed in the control...
<Looper>.AddIWBeginning (Function)
Adds a row consisting of an internal window at the beginning of an Infinite Looper control. The row is inserted before the first row in the Looper control. The scrollbar of the Looper control remains at the same position.
<Looper>.AddInProgress (Function)
Gets or sets the display mode of the internal loading window used when additional elements are loaded in an Infinite Looper control.
Looper control based on a data file
This type of Looper control uses data from a data file or query...
LooperAddInProgress (Function)
Gets or sets the display mode of the internal loading window used when additional elements are loaded in an Infinite Looper control.
Linear Looper control properties
Display different content on each row
In a Looper control, a different content can be assigned to the Table, Chart, List Box and TreeView controls...
LooperCollapseExpand (Function)
On a given row of a Looper control:
  • collapses a break (if it is expanded),
  • expands a break (if it is collapsed).
LooperCollapse (Function)
Collapses a break that was expanded beforehand in a Looper control.
The Looper control
A Looper control is used to repeat the controls found in a specific area...
LooperExpandAll (Function)
Expands all breaks in a Looper control with break.
LooperExpand (Function)
Expands a break in the Looper control on a given row.
Handling a TreeView Table control programmatically
This page explains how to program TreeView Table controls......
<Page>.FromFile (Function)
Automatically updates the controls of a page with: the values of the bound items in the current record (loaded in memory) of the data file described in the data model editor. This operation is performed regardless of the state of the controls (grayed, inactive or invisible). the values of the bound WLanguage variables. This operation is performed regardless of the state of the controls (grayed, inactive or invisible)....
FileToPage (Function)
Automatically updates the controls of a page with: the values of the bound items in the current record (loaded in memory) of the data file described in the data model editor. This operation is performed regardless of the state of the controls (grayed, inactive or invisible). the values of the bound WLanguage variables. This operation is performed regardless of the state of the controls (grayed, inactive or invisible)....
Page Footer block
The Page footer block is run at the end of each page......
Resizing a window (AAF)
9. Types of standard controls
Types of standard controls...
Constants used by properties associated with windows, reports, pages and controls
List of constants used by properties associated with windows, reports, pages and controls....
The SilverLight control
The SilverLight control is used to display a SilverLight 2 animation in a WEBDEV page......
Events associated with SilverLight control
List of events associated with SilverLight controls...
SilverLight control properties
List of properties associated with the SilverLight control...
Flex control properties
The Flex control can be handled by the WLanguage properties in server code and in browser code......
The Flex control
The Flex control is used to display a Flash® animation created by a Flex editor in a WEBDEV page......
<Looper>.DisplayPopup (Function)
Displays the automatic zoom popup for the Image Gallery control.
Handling controls in a report
The different operations available for the report controls are as follows......
5. Loops
WEBDEV Tutorial - WLanguage basics Lesson 5 - Loops - 15 min
PageToFile (Function)
Automatically updates: the value of the items in a data file with the value of the controls in the page. The data file items bound to the window controls are automatically updated with the values of these controls. the value of the WLanguage variables with the value of the window controls. The WLanguage variables bound to the page controls are automatically updated with the values of these controls. This operation is performed regardless of the state of the controls (grayed, inactive or invisible)....
<Page>.ToFile (Function)
Automatically initializes: the value of the items in a data file with the value of the controls in the page. The data file items bound to the window controls are automatically updated with the values of these controls. the value of the WLanguage variables with the value of the window controls. The WLanguage variables bound to the page controls are automatically updated with the values of these controls. This operation is performed regardless of the state of the controls (grayed, inactive or invisible)....
5. Loops
WINDEV Mobile Tutorial - WLanguage basics Lesson 5 - Loops - 15 min
Describing the Action Bar control
This help page presents the main aspects of the Action Bar description window......
The Flash control
The Flash control is used to display a Flash® animation in a WEBDEV page......
Flash control properties
The Flash control can be handled by the WLanguage properties in server code and in browser code......
Interactions between a Flash® animation and WEBDEV
A Flash® animation can be used to display information in the controls of a WEBDEV page......
HCancelDeclaration (Function)
Used to: Delete a declaration made previously using HDeclare, HDeclareExternal, HDescriveFile. After this operation, the data file is no longer recognized by the HFSQL engine. Free the resources of a query (after calling HExecuteQuery or HExecuteSQLQuery)....
<Source>.CancelDeclaration (Function)
Allows you to: Delete a declaration made previously using HDeclare, HDeclareExternal, HDescriveFile. After this operation, the data file is no longer recognized by the HFSQL engine. Free the resources of a query (after calling HExecuteQuery or HExecuteSQLQuery)....
TreeSelect (Function)
Returns the full path of the selected element in a TreeView control.