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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.
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JSEvent (Function)
Associates a browser procedure with an event on an object in browser code.
CurrentTitle (Function)
Modifies the title of the current window (returned by CurrentWin) and the title bar.
gBackgroundGradient (Function)
Describes a display color in gradient mode.
MyPage (Reserved word)
MyPage is used to handle the current page...
Describing a report table
To display the table description, select "Table description" in the context menu of one of the table elements...
Version of the files in the virtual directory
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Activating an application or a site
When distributing an application or a site, you may want to offer both a full version and a limited version......
dbgEnableAudit (Function)
Enables the dynamic audit through programming.
fUncompress (Function)
Decompresses a file that was compressed by fCompress.
EmailStartPOP3Session (Function)
Starts a session for receiving and reading emails with the POP3 protocol.
EmailReadPrevious (Function)
Reads the email found before the current email according to the protocol used (POP3 or IMAP, MS Exchange, Lotus Notes or Outlook).
FileToMemory (Function)
Automatically initializes the values of the members found in a class or in a structure with the values of the items of the current file record.
How Session mode pages work
WEBDEV includes several types of pages to create dynamic sites......
htmlNode (Type of variable)
The htmlNode type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a node of an HTML document.
SendKey (Function)
Simulates the keystrokes and the mouse actions.
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Printing nested reports
To create a main report containing several secondary reports:...
HListKey (Function)
Returns the list of keys found in a file (query or view) recognized by the HFSQL engine.
LocalStorageAdd (Function)
Adds a value to the local storage.
VideoSetDriver (Example)
Usage example of the VideoSetDriver function
CameraChangeDriver (Example)
Usage example of the CameraChangeDriver function
Clipboard (Function)
Retrieves the text or image found in the system clipboard.
HDeclareExternal (Function)
Temporarily imports into the current analysis the description of a data file from an existing HFSQL data file.
GanttOrganizeTask (Function)
Reorganizes the tasks of a Gantt chart according to the constraints (dependencies and resources).