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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.
Installing the monitor
The monitoring robot includes three executables......
Caption (Property)
In a database, the Caption property is used to: Find out the caption associated with a file item. Find out the caption associated with a data file. Find out and modify the connection caption. In a report, the Caption property is used to: Find out the text displayed in a Static or Link control. Modify the text displayed in a Static or Link control. In a window or page, the Caption property is also 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. Find out the content of a Breadcrumb control....
Pivot Table control in a report
The report editor allows you to create "Crosstab" reports......
SpreadsheetStyleSelection (Function)
Returns or modifies the style of selected cells in a Spreadsheet control found in a window.
TableToExcel (Function)
Creates an Excel file with the data from a Table or TreeView Table control.
Programming Table controls based on a data file (prefix syntax)
This page explains how to program Table controls based on a data file......
The Chart control: Characteristics in the editor
Regardless of the type of chart displayed in the Chart control, all its characteristics can be configured via its description window......
TotalsEnabled (Property)
The TotalsEnabled property enables you to: Identify the calculation method used for columns in a Table or TreeView Table control (automatic or custom), Temporarily forbid or force column calculations (automatic or custom) in a Table or TreeView Table control....
CurrentColumn (Function)
Returns: the index of the current indexed column in a Table control (based on a data file or populated programmatically). the number of the column currently in edit mode in the specified Table control (based on a data file or populated programmatically)....
Using the Control Centers in Client/Server mode
All the Control Centers provided with WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile use the same database......
Merge (Property)
The Merge property is used to merge the cells of a Table or TreeView Table control.
Customizing the display of an Organization Chart control
To customize the interface of an Organization Chart control, you must use specific internal windows....
CSS styles (Cascading Style Sheet)
The CSS styles are the standard styles used on Internet......
Skin elements
The skin elements are used to quickly change the visual aspect of a project without having to retouch every page and every page template......
MultimediaStop (Function)
Stops playing a media file found in a Multimedia control.
MultimediaBeginning (Function)
Positions at the beginning of the media file played in the Multimedia control.
MultimediaClose (Function)
Closes the media file currently played in the Multimedia control.
MultimediaEnd (Function)
Positions at the end of media file played in the Multimedia control.
MultimediaStatus (Function)
Indicates the status of the multimedia file played in the Multimedia control.
ArrowStart (Function)
Sets the position of the source end of an arrow in a "Shape" control.
ArrowEnd (Function)
Sets the position of the target end of an arrow in a "Shape" control.
TableInsertColumn (Function)
Inserts elements in the format of columns into a horizontal Table control.
DisplayLongText (External language)
Displays a long text in a text control in Pascal and in C.
TableSortChild (Function)
Sorts a branch in a TreeView Table control on one or more columns.
TableToClipboard (Function)
Copies the content of a Table or TreeView Table control to the clipboard.