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Materialized view
A materialized view is a physical data source defined by an SQL query.
SQL view
An SQL view is a virtual data source defined by an SQL query...
WDMap: View records in a data file
WDMap is used to view the records found in a data file...
WDLog: View a log file
WDLog is used to view the content of a log file...
MemoView (Function)
Displays the contents of a file from a "Memo" item in a web browser.
Viewing a window in 3 dimensions
Your window contains overlapping controls?...
Showing passwords (AAF)
By default, in password controls, characters are replaced with dots...
Viewing a report in 3D
Your report displays controls that overlap?...
Handling the views of a window
To easily handle huge windows (that cannot be entirely displayed in the editor for example), WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile allows you to handle several views of the same window...
WDLog: Presentation
The different operations that can be performed with WDLog are as follows...
WDLog: Restore a data file from its log file
WDLog is used to apply to a backup of a data file the different operations saved in the log of this file...
RequestRefreshUI
Requests the execution of the "Request for refreshing the display" event (and gives back control...
ExecuteRefreshUIParent
Immediately executes the "Request for refreshing the display" event of the parent.
ControlToSource (Function)
Assigns the control value to the source of a control link.
RequestUpdateUI (Function)
Requests the execution of the "Request for refreshing the display" event (and gives back control...
RequestUpdateUIParent (Function)
Asks to run the "Request for refreshing the display" process of parent. This function is kept...
WEBDEV layouts
A layout allows you to define several views of a page without duplicating it......
Characteristics of the Looper control in a page
To view the characteristics of the control, select "Description" in the context menu....
Printing a watermark text
A report (and a duplicate copy) can include an additional text in the format of a watermark,...
iPad window: Window creation wizard
The wizard for creating iPad windows allows you to easily create a window containing all the main...
14. Report templates
...Report templates are used to easily standardize report layouts....
Anchoring controls in a report
The anchors are used to define the behavior of controls during a resize operation......
Handling a report (in the editor)
Once a report was created, the description of this report can be modified at any time......
<Source>.FilterIdentical (Function)
Defines and enables a filter used to find the exact value of a string item.
HFilterIdentical (Function)
Defines and enables a filter used to find the exact value of a string item.
Printing duplicate copies
For legal reasons, it may be useful to keep an identical copy of a report (an invoice for example)....
7. Window templates
...Window templates...
ExecuteRefreshUI
Immediately executes the "Request for refreshing the display" event of the window, page, internal...
RequestRefreshUIParent
Asks to run the "Request for refreshing the display" process of parent.
Spreadsheet control in a report
The spreadsheet is one of the most often used business tools. You have the ability to create...
Coloring a row, a column or a cell found in a control (AAF)
To simplify the reading in the controls used to view large volumes of data, the end user...
PDF Reader control: How to use the ribbon and tabs
The PDF Reader control includes multiple features accessible via......
Help page identifier
To display a specific help page from your WINDEV application, an identifier must be specified...
AAF: Zoom the content of a control (Table, Spreadsheet, List box, Pivot table, ...)
To simplify the reading in the controls used to view large volumes of data, the end user...
The .NET 2.0 control (WinForm)
The ".NET 2.0 control (WinForm)" is used to easily manage the.NET controls in WinForm format...
Image with automatic sequence (WEBDEV)
...Image controls with automatic sequence are used to view a series of images located in one...