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Version: 2025
Character string: How to extract, remove and replace words?
This page presents the main operations that can be performed on a character string.
String literals: single-line and multiline strings
String literals are used to represent and manipulate data as a sequence of characters. For example, string literals can be used to display information, define a constant, etc.
fInsertTextAtBeginning (Function)
Inserts text at the beginning of a file without overwriting the existing text.
<ANSI string>.CharactTypeCount (Function)
Returns the number of characters matching a given type.
WordCount (Function)
Returns the number of words in a string.
LineToPosition (Function)
Returns the position of the first character of a line in a block of text.
StringReverse (Function)
Reverses the characters of a string.
ASCIIZ string of (Variable type)
The ASCIIZ string of type is used to manipulate strings with a null character at the end, denoted by a zero (as in the C programming language).
<ANSI string>.Insert (Function)
Inserts a string into another character string at a given position.
PositionToLine (Function)
Returns the number of the line that contains a character identified by its position in a block of text.
RTFReplace (Function)
Replaces or inserts a character string in an RTF control (found in a window or in a report) or in a string in RTF (containing a text in RTF).
String (Variable type)
The String type is used to manipulate strings...
<DiskFile variable>.Find (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
Length (Function)
Returns:
  • the length of a string, i.e., the number of characters in the string (including spaces and binary zeros).
  • the size of a buffer, i.e., the number of bytes in the buffer.
ExtractLine (Function)
Extracts a specific line from a character string.
UUEncode (Function)
Encodes a character string according to the UUEncode algorithm.
Functions for managing RTF controls
List of functions for managing RTF controls
gToText (Function)
Deletes the graphic elements from a character string that uses gStoredValue, gImage, ...
String of (Variable type)
The String of type is used to manipulate fixed-length strings. These strings have a null character at the end, denoted by a zero (as in the C programming language).
Unicode string on (Variable type)
The type Unicode string on is a fixed-length string containing only characters in Unicode format.
<ANSI string>.Reverse (Function)
Reverses the characters of a string.
WordToArray (Function)
Fills an array with the words from a string.
Multilingual messages: Convert to new format (version 27 and later)
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile have included multilingual project support in many previous versions...
Phonetic (Function)
Returns the phonetic transcription of the string passed as parameter.
CharactTypeCount (Function)
Returns the number of characters matching a given type.
Translating programming messages
When developing a multilingual application, you can translate the different messages displayed to the user (messages displayed by Info and YesNo, for example.
<Table>.ToText (Function)
Creates a character string from the data found in a Table or TreeView Table control.
TextToXML (Function)
Converts an ANSI string to an XML string.
Pascal string of (Variable type)
The Pascal string of type corresponds to a length-prefixed string (this length is stored as a byte value). This type of variable is kept for backward compatibility.
<ANSI string>.Increment (Function)
Increments a number at the beginning or at the end of a string.
Project string manager
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile include a string management tool that allows you to view and manipulate all the strings used in the project (or in an element of the project)...
Break in a Looper control
A break in a Looper control is used to group the data corresponding to one or more arguments......
WDOptimizer: Canceling/Freeing records in transaction
WDOptimizer is used to......
WDOptimizer: Editing and modifying a ".REP" file
gpwOpenConfiguration (Function)
Opens the User Groupware configuration window or page.
fCurrentDir (Function)
Identifies or modifies the current directory.
Break in a Table control
A break in a Table control is used to group the data corresponding to one or more arguments......
SQL selection conditions
To specify the selection conditions in an SQL query, you can use......
gpwInLDAPMode (Function)
Allows you to find out whether identification of users in the user groupware will be done via a LDAP directory.
<Connection variable>.ExecuteScheduledBackup (Function)
Forces the execution of a scheduled backup.
<Connection variable>.ListScheduledBackup (Function)
Lists the full and differential backups that have been scheduled on HFSQL Client/Server....
gpwOpenSite (Function)
Allows you to start the site when using the user groupware.
Native Oracle Connector for WINDEV and WEBDEV
WINDEV and WEBDEV support an optional Native Oracle Connector (also called Native Oracle Access......
HExecuteScheduledBackup (Function)
Forces the execution of a scheduled backup.
HListScheduledBackup (Function)
Lists the full and differential backups that have been scheduled on HFSQL Client/Server....
WDOptimizer: Overview
The different operations that can be performed with WDOptimizer are as follows......
WDAdminHF: Scheduled task
The remote HFSQL administrator is used to define the scheduled tasks......
WDAdminHF: Managing the data files
The remote HFSQL administrator proposes a full management of the HFSQL Client/Server databases......
Configuring a BaaS server (User Groupware and Private Store)
Several features in WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile use a BaaS server......
Declaring the functions of the Windows API
Syntax for declaring the functions of the Windows API...
WDAdminHF: Managing the server
During the connection to the remote HFSQL administrator, you must specify the HFSQL server that will be taken into account......
Remote HFSQL administrator: Overview
...The remote HFSQL administrator is a WEBDEV site installed with the WEBDEV application server and used to remotely manage the HFSQL Client/Server databases installed on the Web server......
Data persistence
The data persistence is used to store the value typed by the user......
Summary table: Managing the application directories according to the platform
Remote WEBDEV administrator: Configuration of a Webservice or a WEBDEV site in Session mode
To view the configuration of a specific Webservice or WEBDEV site in Session mode from the remote administrator:...
<Connection variable>.CancelBackup (Function)
Cancels a current backup.
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