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The following functions are used to manipulate controls:


ActiveXEvent	Associates a procedure written in WLanguage with an event of ActiveX control.
AddLink	Adds a link to a text section in an edit control.
AssistedInputAdd	Adds a row to the list of values available in the input suggestions of an Edit control.
AssistedInputClose	Closes the list of input suggestion of an Edit control.
AssistedInputDeleteAll	Clears the values in the suggestion list of an Edit control.
AssistedInputOpen	Opens the list of suggestions of an Edit control
AttachPointAdd	Defines an attach point for one of the two extremities of a Wire control.
AttachPointDeleteAll	Deletes all the connection points for a control.
ChangeStyle	Modifies the style of a control dynamically.
ConfigureSpellCheck	Configures the spelling checker for the edit controls and for the Table control columns in the whole application.
ControlAlias	Gets, modifies or restores the data binding to a control or group of controls.
ControlClone	Creates a new control from an existing control.
ControlContextMenu	Identifies the control on which the context menu was opened.
ControlCreate	Creates a new control (of any type) in a window through programming.
ControlCurrent	Returns the name of the control currently in edit.
ControlDelete	Permanently deletes a control from a window, page or report.
ControlEnabled	Enables a control or a group of controls in a window. An animation can be set on the controls during this operation.
ControlError	Customizes the value displayed in the controls when the value cannot be displayed.
ControlExist	Checks the existence of a control (or group of controls) in a window, in a page or in a report.
ControlFirst	Indicates the name of the first field specified in the tab order for the specified window.
ControlGrayed	Grays a control or a group of controls. An animation can be set on the controls during this operation.
ControlInfoXY	Returns the name of the control located at a given position.
ControlInOutReason	Indicates the origin of the entry in the control.
ControlInvisible	Makes a control (or a group of controls) invisible in a window. An animation can be set on the controls during this operation.
ControlNext	Returns the name of the next control in input mode.
ControlNoSpace	Specifies whether the space characters on the right of the value found in the control are deleted.
ControlOver	Identifies the control hovered over with the mouse cursor.
ControlPrevious	Specifies the name of control that was in edit before the current control.
ControlTypeInfo	Returns the icon corresponding to the specified type of control.
ControlVisible	Makes a control (or a group of controls) visible in a window. During this operation, an animation can be performed on the controls.
CoordinateEditorToScreen	Converts a size or a position specified in the reference dpi in the editor (160 dpi) to the native dpi of screen on the device where the application is run.
CoordinateImageControlToImage	Converts the coordinates of a rectangle in the Image control to the original image coordinate system.
CoordinateImageToImageControl	Converts the coordinates of a rectangle in the original image to the Image control coordinate system.
CoordinateScreenToEditor	Converts a size or a position specified in the native dpi of the screen on the device where the application is run to the reference dpi in the editor (160 dpi).
Count	Returns the number of occurrences of a control in a window, in a page or in a group of controls.
CurrentColumn	Returns: the index of the current indexed column in a Table control (based on a data file or populated programmatically). the number of the column currently in edit mode in the specified Table control (based on a data file or populated programmatically).
CurrentIndex	Depending on the specified control, returns: the number of the current row displayed in the current Table control, the number of the option with focus in a Check Box control, the number of the current row in the current Looper control, the index of the current indexed control.
DeleteParameter	Deletes a parameter (or a set of parameters) saved either by SaveParameter, or automatically via the persistence of data in the controls.
DictionaryLoad	Indicates and loads the dictionary corresponding to a given language.
EditCaret	Modifies the standard hover cursor for all the edit controls of the application.
EnumControl	Returns the name of Nth control found in the specified element.
HTMLNavigate	Starts navigation in an HTML Display control.
InitParameter	Initializes the management of persistent values.
LinkColor	Modifies the color of links in the edit controls and in the Static controls.
LoadParameter	Reads a persistent value.
NextIndex	Returns the number of the next row displayed in the current Table control.
OpenContextMenu	Automatically opens a context menu for the current control, window or page.
ParentObject	Identifies the "parent" of a graphic object: control, column, window, page, ...
Reset	Reinitializes: all the controls found in the current window or page (including the groups of controls, the supercontrols and the internal windows). the controls found in a group of controls, a supercontrol, an internal window or an internal page.
ReturnToCapture	Stops the current process and forces the input in the specified control, window or page.
SaveParameter	Saves a persistent value in the registry or in another file specified by InitParameter.
ScreenFirst	Defines the next control that will be in edit in the current window.
ScrollbarIsVisible	Used to find out whether the scrollbar of a control in a WINDEV application is visible.
ScrollbarMaxPosition	Retrieves the maximum position of one of the horizontal or vertical scrollbars found in a control of a WINDEV application.
ScrollbarPosition	Used to manage the position of scrollbars: Modifies or retrieves the position of one of the horizontal or vertical scrollbars found in a control of a WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile application. Retrieves the position of one of the horizontal or vertical scrollbars found in a control of a WEBDEV site.
ScrollBarShow	Displays (or not) a scrollbar in a WINDEV control (edit control or list box) even if no scrollbar was specified during the control description.
SelectionColor	Changes the characteristics of the selection bar in a Table control, Combo Box control or List Box control.
SetFocus	Set focus: to a control (found in a window, in a page or in a frameset). to a window.
ShapePolygon	Modifies the shape currently displayed in a Shape control to get a custom shape (by specifying the coordinates of polygon points).
ShowToolTip	Enables or disables the mechanism for displaying the control tooltips.
TextEllipsis	Returns the text with ellipsis displayed in an Edit, Combo Box or Static control.
TextHeight	Calculates the height (in pixels) of the text displayed in an edit control, in a Static control or in a Combo Box control.
TextWidth	Calculates the width (in pixels) of the text displayed in an edit control, in a Combo Box control or in a Static control.
ToolTipColor	Modifies the colors used for displaying the tooltips.
ToolTipDelay	Used to modify: the timeout before displaying the tooltips. the display duration of the tooltips.
ToolTipMargin	Modifies the margin of the text in the tooltips.
TooltipMaxWidth	Modifies the maximum width of tooltips.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WINDEV): The ControlClone function

[ + ] Using ControlClone and ControlDelete.

Training (WINDEV): WD Persistence

[ + ] This example presents the use of InitParameter, LoadParameter and SaveParameter.
These functions are used to configure the backup of controls, variables and other parameters.
This example is divided into three parts:
- The configuration
- The manual management of variables (SaveParameter and LoadParameter)
- The optimization
1°) Configuration

The configuration window enables you to modify the location of the backup of parameters (registry, INI file, XML file) as well as its path (registry key or file path).
2°) Manual management of the variables
The manual management enables you to save the content of the variables via SaveParameter and to restore them via LoadParameter. Each parameter is identified by a name. These values are saved at the location defined in the configuration window.
3°) The optimization
This window explains how to optimize your code to avoid the slowness caused when the saved values are restored. Indeed, when restoring the value of a control, its modification code is run. If you have long processes (queries with parameters for instance), this window shows you how to speed up the loading of the window.

Unit examples (WINDEV): The AssistedInput functions

[ + ] Using the WLanguage AssistedInput functions.
These functions are used to easily implement an assisted input on the controls.