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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.
<HTML editor>.Get (Function)
Asynchronously retrieves the value of one of the properties of an HTML Editor control.
<Spreadsheet>.BorderSelection (Function)
Modifies the border of selected cells in a Spreadsheet control found in a window.
<Spreadsheet>.Load (Function)
Loads a file in XLSX format in a Spreadsheet control found in a window.
Spreadsheet functions (prefix syntax)
The following functions are used to manage the Spreadsheet control (prefix syntax):
CameraPhoto (Function)
Captures a photo via a Camera control in an Android or iOS application.
Flash (Property)
The Flash property determines and changes the flash mode in a Camera control.
Clickable (Property)
The Clickable property gets and sets the behavior of an Image control when it is clicked.
HTMLValidateForm (Function)
Validates a form in an HTML page displayed in an HTML Display control.
HTMLEditorGet (Function)
Asynchronously retrieves the value of one of the properties of an HTML Editor control.
HTMLEditorGetDocument (Function)
Asynchronously retrieves the HTML document being displayed in an HTML Edit control.
CoordinateImageToImageControl (Function)
Converts the coordinates of a rectangle in the image to the corresponding coordinates in the Image control.
<HTML editor>.GetDocument (Function)
Asynchronously retrieves the HTML document being displayed in an HTML Edit control.
<Spreadsheet>.AllowProcedure (Function)
Allows the use of a WLanguage function/procedure in a formula of a Spreadsheet control....
<HTML Display control>.ValidateForm (Function)
Validates a form in an HTML page displayed in an HTML Display control.
Anchor (Property)
The Anchor property sets the anchors of a control in a window, page or report.
HeightInPixel (Property)
The HeightInPixel property is used to get the height in pixels of a control in a report.
Image (Property)
The Image property gets and sets the background image of a control or block.
WidthInPixel (Property)
The WidthInPixel property is used to get the width in pixels of a control in a report.
TypeVar (Function)
Identifies the type of an expression, a variable (during a call to a procedure for example) or a control.
TableInputInProgress (Function)
Indicates whether a Table or TreeView Table control is currently in edit.
TableEnumColumn (Function)
Returns the name of a column found in a Table or Treeview Table control.
dRotation (Function)
Performs a rotation: of an Image control. of an Image variable. of a picLayer variable....
BuildBrowsingTable (Function)
Creates a Table control from the items of a data file (view or query).
ListSelectMinus (Function)
Deselects an element in a List Box, ListView or Combo Box control.
RTFLoad (Function)
Loads a file in RTF in an RTF control (found in a window or in a report).