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Version: 2025

Report based on a text file
In a report based on a text file, the information to print is read from a text file or is directly assigned in the report controls...
Translating a text file with WDTRAD
User Groupware functions
Handling the external files
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV propose several functions allowing you to manage the external files from your WINDEV/WINDEV Mobile applications or from your WEBDEV sites...
Print modes of a report
Several print modes are available for a report.
fInsertTextAtBeginning (Function)
Inserts text at the beginning of a file without overwriting the existing text.
<DiskFile variable>.Write (Function)
Writes:
  • a character string to an external file.
  • a memory section.
How to write into a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to write into a text or CSV file.
fSaveText (Function)
Creates and fills a text file with the content of a text control or text variable (string variable, edit control in a window, Static Text control in a report, ...).
fBuildRelativePath (Function)
Returns the path to a file relative to a reference directory.
fChangeExtension (Function)
Changes the extension of a file on disk.
fWatchStopAll (Function)
Stops all current watch tasks of files and directories.
Result of a query in test mode
After its execution in test mode (see Running the query test), the result of the query can be...
fWatchFile (Function)
Starts watching a file.
fExtractResource (Function)
Extracts a resource from the application into a physical device location.
<DiskFile variable>.Find (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
fWatchStop (Function)
Stops watching a file or directory.
How to read in a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to read the content of a text or CSV file.
Native Progress Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The use of SQL functions to handle Progress data does not require importing the file structure into the analysis......
ListDLL (Function)
Returns: at runtime: the list of libraries (".DLL" files) used by the current WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile application or by the current WEBDEV site. Only the libraries loaded in memory are listed. in test mode: all the libraries installed on the current computer....
<Source>.ImportXLS (Function)
Imports an XLS file into a data file in HFSQL Classic or Client/Server format (data file described in the data model editor, or declared by HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile)....
HImportXLS (Function)
Imports an XLS file into a data file in HFSQL Classic or Client/Server format (data file described in the data model editor, or declared by HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile)....
CtAccess (Property)
The CtAccess property is used to set the type of access to the data file when connecting to a specific table via OLE DB.
CtDescribedAccess (Property)
The CtDescribedAccess property is used to set the type of access to the data file when connecting to a specific table via OLE DB.
<Source>.ChangeDir (Function)
Changes the path to a data file (i.e. directory in which the file will be handled).
MongoGridFSGetFileByID (Function)
Retrieves (on the local computer) a file identified by its identifier and found in a MongoDB file system.
MongoGridFSGetFile (Function)
Retrieves (on the local computer) a file identified by its name and found in a MongoDB file system.
<mongoGridFS variable>.GetFileByID (Function)
Retrieves (on the local computer) a file identified by its identifier and found in a MongoDB file system.
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......
HChangeDir (Function)
Changes the path to a data file (i.e. directory in which the file will be handled).
<mongoGridFS variable>.GetFile (Function)
Retrieves (on the local computer) a file identified by its name and found in a MongoDB file system.
TableEnd (Function)
Stops the manual iteration of data file linked to a Table control based on a data file.
HRplPass (Function)
Sets the passwords used to protect the universal replication files.
14. Report templates
...Report templates are used to easily standardize report layouts....
Types of Edit controls
TableFixColumn (Function)
Fixes a column to the left or frees a column fixed to the left.
HDuplicateRecord (Function)
Duplicates the record read in a data file: the record found in memory is added into the data file (query or view).
<Table>.FixColumn (Function)
Fixes a column to the left or frees a column fixed to the left.
TopIndent (Property)
The TopIndent property is used to get and change the space at the top of the text (top margin) in a control.
Implementing log-based replication: Modifying the analysis
Log-based replication can be implemented in the data model editor......
WDInst: advanced options for the network setup
The advanced options of the network setup are used to......
<Table>.End (Function)
Stops the manual iteration of data file linked to a Table control based on a data file.
The Image Editor control
The "Image Editor" control is a rich control that allows end users to create and edit images in their WINDEV applications......