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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.
<zipArchive>.SelectFile (Function)
Selects files from an archive.
zipDeleteAll (Function)
Deletes all files from an archive.
Installing the HFSQL Server module
Cherche les éléments d'un noeud HTML correspondant à une balise....
<zipArchive variable>.DeleteAll (Function)
Deletes all files from an archive.
zipDeleteFileList (Function)
Deletes a list of files from an archive.
HFSQL Control Center: Open an analysis
The HFSQL Control Center allows you to fully manage an analysis......
Handling files on Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive
Many drives can be used to store files......
Example for managing videos (broadcasted by a Camera control)
In this example, the application allows you to......
FilterProcedure (Property)
The FilterProcedure property allows you to get and modify the procedure used to apply a filter on a row or column header when calculating a Pivot Table control.
HReset (Function)
Initializes: one or all variables of file items with their default values. one or all items of a Record variable with their default values....
AnimationSetMode (Function)
Changes the type of animation: for an image in an Image control. for a text in a static control....
CaptionHTML (Property)
The CaptionHTML property is used to handle the text of a control as HTML code.
EditTokenCount (Function)
Returns the number of tokens present in a "Text token" Edit control.
<Edit>.TokenCount (Function)
Returns the number of tokens present in a "Text token" Edit control.
picText (Type of variable)
The picText type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a Text layer.
gAlignment (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters containing an aligned text or an aligned image.
RTFToText (Function)
Returns the text without the formatting characteristics specific to the RTF format.
gFont (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters describing the font that will be used for the text.
PicRectangularSnipOCR (Function)
Runs OCR and extracts the text from a rectangular area defined with the mouse.
DataBinding (Property)
The DataBinding property is used to identify and change the binding between a control and: an item in a data file. a variable. several variables....
Native XML Connector
WINDEV and WEBDEV allow you to import and handle a definition of XML files via the data model editor......
Combo Box columns in Table controls
A Table control (populated programmatically, based on a data file or based on a variable) can include Combo Box columns......
HListFile (Function)
Returns the list of files: found in the current analysis or in a specific analysis recognized by the HFSQL engine. The files defined by HDeclare, HDeclareExternal and HDescribeFile are taken into account. available on a connection via a native access or via an OLE DB driver. for a group of files defined in the data model editor....
Project description: Options tab
The project description window allows you to configure various elements of your project......
Background image of multilingual window
In some cases, the background image of a window can contain a text (the application name, a specific caption, ......