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Notifications of an HFSQL server
A server may encounter problems without any user (or developer) noticing anything.
For example:
  • a scheduled task may fail,
  • an automatic backup may fail,
  • a node may become inactive in an HFSQL cluster, ...
Docker image of the HFSQL server
A Docker container with the HFSQL server is available on Docker Hub...
HOperationInProgress (Function)
Returns the list of automatic operations in progress on an HFSQL server.
HServerMaintenance (Function)
Checks and optimizes the system tables of an HFSQL server.
<Connection variable>.ServerMaintenance (Function)
Checks and optimizes the system tables of an HFSQL server.
Installing an HFSQL Client/Server server with an application
When creating the setup program of a WINDEV application using HFSQL Client/Server data files, the wizard allows you to...
HManageServerUpdate (Function)
Allows you to manage the automatic update of HFSQL Client/Server servers and to define how often to check for updates.
HStartServerUpdate (Function)
Used to immediately start the automatic server update.
<Connection variable>.StartServerUpdate (Function)
Used to immediately start the automatic server update.
<Connection variable>.OperationInProgress (Function)
Returns the list of automatic operations in progress on an HFSQL server.
InStoredProcedureMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run on an HFSQL server.
<Connection variable>.ManageServerUpdate (Function)
Used to manage the automatic update of HFSQL Client/Server servers by specifying the check frequency regarding the availability of updates.
HFSQL and Docker
Docker is a software platform that allows you to run applications in software containers on Linux (Docker runs like a daemon)...
HListServer (Function)
Lists the HFSQL servers installed on a computer.
Extension (Property)
The Extension property is used to: get the extension of a file defined in the data model editor or through programming. define the extension of a file (when the file is described through programming only)....
Format (Property)
The Format property is used to define the data format of a data file.
HugeFile (Property)
The HugeFile property is used to configure the maximum size of a data file.
NbArrayElement (Property)
NbArrayElement is used to configure the number of elements in an array item.
NdxEncryption (Property)
The NdxEncryption property is used to configure the encryption method for the index (.NDX) file associated with the data file.
AccentSensitive (Property)
The AccentSensitive property is used to determine if accented characters are taken into account in the different searches performed on the item (with HReadSeek, HReadSeekFirst and HReadSeekLast, for example).
CaseSensitive (Property)
The CaseSensitive property is used to determine if the different searches performed on the item distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters (with HReadSeek, HReadSeekFirst and HReadSeekLast, for example).
HSetLog (Function)
Enables or disables log management on a file.
HSetMemo (Function)
Used to modify the management mode of memo items.
HChangeLocation (Function)
Modifies the search mode of physical data files (.FIC, .NDX, ...).
MinimumLength (Property)
The MinimumLength property is used to configure the minimum length of the words to be indexed.
<Destination>.CopyRecord (Function)
Copies: the content of the current record (loaded in memory) to the current data file record. the content of the Record variable to the current data file record....
HReset (Function)
Initializes: one or all variables of file items with their default values. one or all items of a Record variable with their default values....
User Groupware
A Windows application, an Internet or Intranet site require to define the role of different contributors......
HDescribeFullTextIndex (Function)
Describes a full-text index of data file created through programming.
Translating a text file with WDTRAD
<Window>.FromFile (Function)
Automatically updates the controls in a window or 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. the values of the bound WLanguage variables. This operation is performed regardless of the state of the controls (grayed, inactive or invisible)....
HSavePosition (Function)
Stores the current file context: current record, filter, pointers.
HRestorePosition (Function)
Restores the context of a previously saved file (HSavePosition): current record, filter, pointers.
HCopyRecord (Function)
Copies: the content of the current record (loaded in memory) to the current data file record. the content of the Record variable to the current data file record....
<Source>.FromWindow (Function)
Automatically initializes: the values of a data file's items in memory with the values from the controls in the window. the value of the WLanguage variables with the value of the window controls. This function is also available for WEBDEV pages....
HNoModif (Function)
Forbids all the modifications on a data file (for all the programs, including the one that requested the no-modification policy).
Code coverage
The code coverage is the measure regarding the coverage of tests run on an application or site......
GUIDAnalysis (Property)
The GUIDAnalysis property returns the GUID of the analysis that was used to create the data file.
Programming patterns
CAUTION......