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Version: 2025

How to read in a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to read the content of a text or CSV file.
How to write into a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to write into a text or CSV file.
Text (Property)
The Text property is used to get and modify text.
fInsertTextAtBeginning (Function)
Inserts text at the beginning of a file without overwriting the existing text.
dText (Function)
Draws a text:
  • in an Image control,
  • in an Image variable,
  • in a WDPic variable (on the background layer),
  • in a picLayer variable.
<Image>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in an Image control.
<WDPic variable>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws an RTF text in a WDPic variable.
<Image variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type Image.
<Image variable>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws an RTF text in an Image variable.
ClipboardRTF (Function)
Retrieves an RTF string from the clipboard (the content of the clipboard is in RTF).
dTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text:
  • in an Image control,
  • in an Image variable,
  • in a WDPic variable (on the background layer),
  • in a picLayer variable.
HTMLToText (Function)
Converts an HTML string or buffer to text.
Clipboard (Function)
Retrieves the text or image found in the system clipboard.
ClipboardUnicode (Function)
Returns the text found in the clipboard in Unicode format.
<Image>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in an Image control.
<Libellé>AnimationSetParameter (Function)
Changes one of the animation parameters used for animated text (in a Static Text control).
dTextRTF (Function)
Draws RTF text:
  • in an Image control,
  • in an Image variable.
<Image>AnimationGetParameter (Function)
Reads the value of one of the animation parameters defined for an Image field.
<Libellé>.AnimationGetParameter (Function)
Reads the value of one of the animation parameters defined for a Static Text control.
<Image>.AnimationSetParameter (Function)
Changes one of the animation parameters used for a moving image (in an Image field).
TextToHTML (Function)
Converts a text string into an HTML string (carriage returns are replaced by <BR>accents are replaced by their HTML equivalent, ...).
<WDPic variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type WDPic.
dTextWidth (Function)
Calculates text width in pixels.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
AnimationSetParameter (Function)
Changes one of the animation parameters used for:
  • an animated image (in an Image control),
  • an animated text (in a Static Text control).
<picLayer variable>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws an RTF text in a picLayer variable.
dTextHeight (Function)
Calculates text height in pixels.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
<Image variable>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in an Image variable.
AnimationGetParameter (Function)
Reads the value of one of the animation parameters defined for an Image or Static Text control.
<picLayer variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type picLayer.
<WDPic variable>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in a WDPic variable.
<Image>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws RTF text in an Image control.
Database schema editor: the different types of sections
The different types of items proposed in the data model editor are as follows:
<picLayer variable>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in a picLayer variable.
Advanced dialog boxes
The advanced dialog boxes are windows allowing you to communicate with the user......
Translating the interface into multiple languages
When the different languages supported by the application have been selected, the information...
Interacting with the user
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to communicate with the user via dialog boxes......
Control style: Font characteristics
You can change many style options in the "Style" tab of the control description window......
JSON
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) if a light format for exchanging data......
Keyboard shortcut and hotkey
A control in a window or page can be associated with an alphanumeric character, a key...
OCRModelPathDirectory (Function)
Used to set the directory that contains the language models for the native OCR system.
OCRDeleteAllLanguages (Function)
Deletes all languages from the native OCR system.
Events associated with Edit controls
WLanguage events associated with Edit controls...
13. Print: Reports
WINDEV reports...
OCRParameter (Function)
Initializes the general options of the native OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system.
Word processing: Using the ribbon
The ribbon found in the Word Processing control proposes several features and it allows...
OCR constants
Adds a language to the native OCR system....
WDMap: Exporting records from a data file
WDMAP allows you to export records to......
<DiskFile variable>.Close (Function)
Closes an external file.
fOpen (Function)
Opens an external file (ANSI or UNICODE) in order to handle it through programming.
Binding an Image control to an item
An Image control can correspond to an item found in a data file, in a query, ......
Aligning elements in a List Box or Combo Box control
There are different methods to align the elements in a List Box or Combo Box control......
<DiskFile variable>.ReadLine (Function)
Reads a line from an external file (ANSI or UNICODE).
The different copy modes
Two different copy modes are proposed by WDTRAD......
Importing/Exporting a dictionary
WDTRAD allows you to import and export a dictionary......
fClose (Function)
Closes an external file.
"Syntax help" pane
The "Syntax help" pane displays a short help text for the function being entered......
4. Managing SMSs
With the WLanguage functions, WINDEV Mobile allows you to......
WDTRAD options