The Word Processing control

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Overview of the Word Processing control
Creating a Word Processing control
Characteristics of Word Processing control

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The Word Processing control

Overview of the Word Processing control

The "Word processing" control is an advanced control that allows the end user to create and edit documents in docx format directly on a WINDEV application. Benefits can be seen immediately: time saving, consistent interface, no other software to install/drive/manage.

This control allows you to:

Open, create, modify and save "docx" files,
Convert docx files to PDF or to HTML to send emails,
Manage images and tables,
Manage text areas,
Save documents in HFSQL databases,
Use a spelling checker,
Perform prints, ...

The ribbon of this control is used to perform the most common operations. For more details, see Word processing: using the ribbon.

Several keyboard shortcuts are also available:

Shortcut	Effect	Shortcut	Effect

Ctrl + A	Selects the entire text.	Ctrl + C	Copies the selection to the clipboard.
Ctrl + F	Starts the search.	Ctrl + G	Makes the selection bold
Ctrl + H	Starts find/replace	Ctrl + I	Italicizes the selection
Ctrl + S	Saves the document	Ctrl + U	Switches the selection to underlined
Ctrl + V	Pastes the content of the clipboard.	Ctrl + X	Cust the selection and places it in the clipboard.
Ctrl + Y	Redoes the last action.	Ctrl + Z	Undoes the last action.
Ctrl + mouse wheel	Changes the zoom.	Ctrl + 0	Sets zoom at 100%
Ctrl + home	Moves to the beginning of the document.	Ctrl + End	Moves to the end of the document.
Page Up	Displays the previous page.	Page down	Displays the next page.

Creating a Word Processing control

To create a Word Processing control:

On the "Creation" pane, in the "Graphic controls" group, expand "Office" and click "Word processing".
Click at the desired location to create the control.

Versions 20 and later
Remark: The dimensions of the control are optimized to take up the available space at the specified position. If the control size does not suit you, press Ctrl + Z: the control size will be reset to default.

New in version 20
Remark: The dimensions of the control are optimized to take up the available space at the specified position. If the control size does not suit you, press Ctrl + Z: the control size will be reset to default.

Remark: The dimensions of the control are optimized to take up the available space at the specified position. If the control size does not suit you, press Ctrl + Z: the control size will be reset to default.

To view the characteristics of the control, select "Description" in the context menu.

Characteristics of Word Processing control

The "General" tab in the description window of the Word Processing control proposes the following options:

Initial document: Used to indicate the initial document displayed in the Word Processing control.
With ribbon: Indicates whether the ribbon must be displayed or not. If the ribbon must be displayed, you can specify the ribbon used via "Ribbon source IW".
If the option "Ribbon source IW" corresponds to:
- "None": the ribbon proposed by default will be used.
- "Preset window": the ribbon proposed by default can be customized.
  Simply select the window predefined by Default in the "FI source" area of the ribbon. In this case, the "IW_WinDevAAF_WPBar" window is automatically included in your project. This internal window (available in English and French) can be modified according to your needs. This window contains the code required to manage the Word Processing control. It is recommended to check for UI errors and make sure the window works properly after any change is made.
- Internal window of project: Allows you to use an internal window to propose a specific ribbon.
  Any internal window of your project can be used to create this bar.
You also have the ability to apply the project skin-template.
Versions 23 and later
Allow change of document (Open, New, etc.): Adapts the ribbon to allow the user to handle external documents. This option is used to display the "New", "Open" and "Save" buttons of ribbon. If this option is checked, the document opening and backup must be performed by the application.
Remark: This option is ignored if the ribbon is entirely customized (with an internal window of application for example).
New in version 23
Allow change of document (Open, New, etc.): Adapts the ribbon to allow the user to handle external documents. This option is used to display the "New", "Open" and "Save" buttons of ribbon. If this option is checked, the document opening and backup must be performed by the application.
Remark: This option is ignored if the ribbon is entirely customized (with an internal window of application for example).
Allow change of document (Open, New, etc.): Adapts the ribbon to allow the user to handle external documents. This option is used to display the "New", "Open" and "Save" buttons of ribbon. If this option is checked, the document opening and backup must be performed by the application.
Remark: This option is ignored if the ribbon is entirely customized (with an internal window of application for example).
Versions 23 and later
Limit the edit to simplify the HTML export: Adapts the ribbon and the display of document to only display the options taken into account by the HTML export. If this option is checked:
- the following options are not available:
  - Management of headers and footers,
  - Management of page layout,
  - Management of page breaks.
- the document is forced to be displayed in "Display for the Web" mode.
New in version 23
Limit the edit to simplify the HTML export: Adapts the ribbon and the display of document to only display the options taken into account by the HTML export. If this option is checked:
- the following options are not available:
  - Management of headers and footers,
  - Management of page layout,
  - Management of page breaks.
- the document is forced to be displayed in "Display for the Web" mode.
Limit the edit to simplify the HTML export: Adapts the ribbon and the display of document to only display the options taken into account by the HTML export. If this option is checked:
- the following options are not available:
  - Management of headers and footers,
  - Management of page layout,
  - Management of page breaks.
- the document is forced to be displayed in "Display for the Web" mode.
Enable [Check spelling] by default: Specifies whether the spelling checker should be enabled. For more details, see Check spelling based on Hunspell dictionaries.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WINDEV): The Word Processing control

[ + ] This example explains how to handle a Word Processing control by programming. You have the ability to add text and to format it by programming.