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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.
AnchorToContent (Property)
The AnchorToContent property determines and changes how the control adapts to its content.
<Radio button>.Count (Function)
Returns the number of options found in a Radio Button control.
<Multiline Zone>.AddLine (Function)
Adds a new dynamic row into a Multiline Zone control.
<Multiline Zone>.InsertLine (Function)
Inserts a new dynamic row in a Multiline Zone control.
SpreadsheetListName (Function)
Returns the list of names that identify a cell in a Spreadsheet control.
PDFReaderOpen (Function)
Opens a PDF file displayed in a PDF Reader control.
SpreadsheetGetSortInfo (Function)
Returns various information about the sort performed in a Spreadsheet control.
SpreadsheetModifyName (Function)
Modifies the name used to identify a cell in a Spreadsheet control.
<Organizer>.ToiCalendar (Function)
Exports the appointments found in an Organizer control in iCalendar format.
<Organizer>.BackgroundColor (Function)
Defines a background color for a time slot in an Organizer control.
<Camera>.SetDriver (Function)
Connects the "Camera" control to a specific driver for video capture.
FilePath (Property)
The FilePath property gets the name of the file associated with a control.
<Check box>.Count (Function)
Returns the number of options found in a Check Box control.
TreeGetIndex (Function)
Returns the index of an element (node or leaf) in a TreeView control.
<Table>.CollapseExpand (Function)
Collapses or expands an element in a Table or TreeView Table control.
<Word Processing>.Print (Function)
Prints the content of a Word Processing control in "docx" format.
<Word Processing>.Seek (Function)
Finds a character string in an entire Word Processing control.
<Word Processing>.Redo (Function)
Restores the last undone action on a Word Processing control.
<Word Processing>.Undo (Function)
Undoes the last action performed on a Word Processing control.
<Word Processing>.ToHTML (Function)
Converts the content of a Word Processing control into an HTML file.
<Word Processing>.ToImage (Function)
Exports a page from a Word Processing control in image format.
<Word Processing>.ToText (Function)
Creates a character string from the data of a Word Processing control.
<Spreadsheet>.InsertColumn (Function)
Inserts an empty column into a Spreadsheet control found in a window.
<Spreadsheet>.InsertRow (Function)
Inserts an empty row into a Spreadsheet control found in a window.
<Spreadsheet>.Save (Function)
Saves the content of a Spreadsheet control in a file in XLSX format.