Expression Syntax

Like

“Like” can be used to create an expression to look to see if a string to exists anywhere in a column. For example, if you want to filter to include only names which have the string “ing”:

name like “%ing%”

List of Functions Available in Datawindow Expressions

Expressions are most commonly used to create datawindow column property expressions. But the are also used to create filter and find strings.

The ol’ Hidden Item in the Dddw Problem

I have a dddw which hides certain items by setting the row height for these hidden rows to 0. This allows the column for other rows to still display the non-selectable dddw rows. But by using the arrow key or hotkeys (first letter of the description) the user can still select these rows which have a height of zero.

DDDW Events

Actions to a DDDW are fired through the DataWindow’s pbm_command Event