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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.
What is a database?
A database is an organized collection of data for a particular purpose (e.g., manage orders)......
Printing in PDF
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create a PDF file during a print......
Query creation mode: independent or embedded query
The query editor proposes two methods for creating a query......
Error 3: The string has no final "
Report based on a Table control
A report based on a Table control is used to directly print the information displayed in the Table control (based on a data file or populated programmatically)......
Data source (Type of variable)
A Data source variable is used to describe a temporary data source (query, view, alias, ...)
CSVToArray (Function)
Fills a one- or two-dimensional array of the specified type with the character string in CSV format passed in parameter.
Report based on a Looper control
A report based on a Looper control is used to directly print the information displayed in the control......
Setup wizard: Steps for creating a WINDEV application setup program
The setup program creation wizard allows you to define all the settings of your setup program....
Native MariaDB Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use a MariaDB database with Native Connector, the structure of MariaDB tables must be imported into the WINDEV or WEBDEV analysis......
User Groupware and LDAP
The LDAP protocol is increasingly used by the companies......
Deploying a site on a PC SOFT test server
PC SOFT proposes to host your test sites......
Advanced dialog boxes
The advanced dialog boxes are windows allowing you to communicate with the user......
<Array>.Filter (Function)
Returns an array containing the elements of a source array for which a procedure returns True.
WDTrans: Cancel the operations performed on a transaction file
If a transaction is in progress, cancels all operations performed on the files in transaction since the start of transaction......
ShortcutKey (Property)
The ShortcutKey property gets and sets the keyboard shortcut associated with a control.
PageWidth (Property)
The PageWidth property gets and sets the width of a page.
ContentType (Property)
The ContentType property gets and sets the type of a message.
ServerAddress (Property)
The ServerAddress property gets and sets the server address.
Orientation (Property)
The Orientation property gets and sets the angle of an element.
Category (Property)
The Category property gets and sets the category of an element.
PageHeight (Property)
The PageHeight property gets and sets the height of a page.
ScrollValue (Property)
The ScrollValue property gets and sets the scroll value.
Handle_R (Property)
The Handle keyword gets and sets the handle of an element.
CharacterSpacing (Property)
The CharacterSpacing property gets and sets the spacing between characters.