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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.
Count (Function)
Returns the number of occurrences of a control in a window, in a page or in a group of controls.
HErrorDuplicates (Function)
Used to check whether a duplicate error occurred.
BackgroundImageState (Property)
The BackgroundImageState property allows you to get and change the number of drawings in the image associated with the background of a button.
Native Informix Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The use of SQL functions to manipulate Informix data does not require importing the file structure into the analysis......
Native Sybase Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The use of SQL functions to handle Sybase data does not require importing the file structure into the analysis......
GetDefinition (Function)
Retrieves the definition of element type.
SpeechSynthesisReadFile (Function)
Reads the content of the specified file by using the engine for speech synthesis found on the device.
HModifyServerRights (Function)
Modifies the rights granted to a user or to a group on an HFSQL server.
List (Type of variable)
A List variable is a structured type that is used to group a set of elements of the same type.
TableDeleteWithAnimation (Function)
Deletes a row from a Table control, from a TreeView Table control (or from a table displayed in a Combo Box control) with an animation.
Dedicated Web server
When installing WEBDEV development version, if no Web server is available on the current computer, WEBDEV automatically installs one (IIS Express version 10). This server is automatically configured to work with WEBDEV....
ContactDisplay (Function)
Opens the form of a contact in the device's native contacts application (Android, iPhone or iPad, Universal Windows)....
dbgSaveMemoryDump (Function)
Saves a dump of memory used by the application.
fSplit (Function)
Splits a file into several files.
WinEdSelectOccurrence (Function)
Indicates the number of controls selected when the interface is modified by the end user ("Allow end users to modify the UI" option enabled).
Filter (Function)
Returns an array containing the elements of a source array for which a procedure returns True.
FilterWithBounds (Property)
The FilterWithBounds property is used to determine if bounds have been specified for the filter implemented by HFilter on an HFSQL data file, view or query.
KeyExpression (Property)
The KeyExpression property is used to set the different components of a composite key.
HugeFile (Property)
The HugeFile property is used to configure the maximum size of a data file.
NbKeyItem (Property)
The NbKeyItem property is used to get the total number of key items (including composite keys) in a record of: a file described in the data model editor, a file described through programming, an HFSQL view, a query....
Image drawing and processing functions
List of image drawing and processing functions...
MemNext (Function)
Positions on the next element of a memory zone and returns the value of this element.
SQLSeek (Function)
Positions on the specified result row of the query.
On/Off button in a window
The on/off button is a button that operates like a check box......
HModifyDatabaseProperty (Function)
Modifies the properties of a database located on an HFSQL server.