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The "Waterfall" charts
The "Waterfall" chart is a bar chart used to represent the positive or negative additions of several categories......
The UAC mechanism in Windows Vista (and later)
To increase security against worms and viruses, Windows Vista/7 implemented the UAC (User Account Control) mechanism......
sfUserInfo (Type of variable)
The sfUserInfo type is used to get information about a user...
nfcData (Type of variable)
The nfcData type is used to describe and handle the data of a variable of type nfcTag.
WDInst: configuring the interface of setup program
By default, WDInst (the setup editor) proposes a standard setup program (the wallpaper corresponds to a gradient shade of blue and no slide is displayed......
Dim disabled windows
Your application opens several windows at the same time and you don't know which one to use?......
13. External component in practice
External component in practice...
fGlobalDirCommon (Function)
Returns a directory path for the global data of current application (data shared between several applications), regardless of the current user.
fGlobalDirUser (Function)
Returns a directory path for the global data of current application (data shared between several applications), for the current user.
EmailGetAll (Function)
Retrieves all the emails found on a server.
HBackup (Function)
Makes a backup copy of the content of an HFSQL server: all databases on the server, one or more databases, one or more data files.
AutomaticLink (Property)
The AutomaticLink property is used to: determine if the automatic link detection mode is enabled, enable or disable the automatic link detection mode....
GuidedTourStep (Type of Variable)
The GuidedTourStep type allows you to define all the advanced characteristics of a step of a guided tour.
CursorEnd (Property)
The CursorEnd property gets and sets the end position of the mouse selection range in the following controls: Edit control. Editable Combo Box. "Edit control" table column and "Editable Combo Box" table column. Word Processing control....
InternetConnected (Function)
Defines whether an Internet connection is enabled on the current computer. In mobile, you can also be notified when the status of the Internet connection changes.
WDInst: advanced options for the network setup
The advanced options of the network setup are used to......
CameraRunApp (Function)
Starts the device's native camera application to record a video or to take a photo....
Ellipsis (Property)
The Ellipsis property is used to determine and change the truncation mode with ellipses in: a window control (Static, edit control, List box, Button, Combo box or Static table column). a Static control in a report....
gStoredValue (Function)
Adds an "invisible" value to an element in a List Box, Combo Box or Scheduler control.
WDInst : generating the setup program
Generating the setup program is used to create the setup program according to the characteristics specified in the setup editor WDInst....
WDSQL: Creating an SQL query
Once the connection to the database is established, WDSQL allows you to create different types of SQL queries......
Editing pages: Responsive mode (Zoning and layouts)
"Responsive (zoning and layouts)" is the default page editing mode. This editing mode allows you to easily handle pages in the editor....
WinStatus (Function)
Identifies or modifies the window status.
HFConf.Ini file
The HFConf.INI file is found at server root. This file is used to define several characteristics of HFSQL Client/Server server....
Configuring the assisted universal replication
If your application uses the assisted universal replication via a file......