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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
fListResource (Function)
Lists the resources integrated to the application.
HImportText (Function)
Imports a Text file into an HFSQL Classic or Client/Server data file. This data file must have been defined in the data model editor, or declared with HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile).
<Source>.ImportText (Function)
Imports a Text file into an HFSQL Classic or Client/Server data file. This data file must have been defined in the data model editor, or declared with HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile).
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...
fBuildRelativePath (Function)
Returns the path to a file relative to a reference directory.
fInsertTextAtBeginning (Function)
Inserts text at the beginning of a file without overwriting the existing text.
fAddBuffer (Function)
Adds the content of a buffer at the end of a file.
fFind (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
<DiskFile variable>.Write (Function)
Writes:
  • a character string to an external file.
  • a memory section.
fLoadText (Function)
Loads the contents of a text file into any text field or variable (string variable, window edit control, report label field, etc.).
How to read in a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to read the content of a text or CSV file.
Print modes of a report
Several print modes are available for a report.
fAddText (Function)
Adds the content of a character string at the end of a file.
fWatchDirectory (Function)
Detects changes made to the contents of a directory.
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, ...).
fWrite (Function)
Writes:
  • a character string to an external file.
  • a memory section.
fExtractResource (Function)
Extracts a resource from the application into a physical device location.
How to write into a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to write into a text or CSV file.
fIsImage (Function)
Determines whether a file on disk or in a buffer corresponds to an image format recognized by WINDEV or WEBDEV.
fLoadBuffer (Function)
Loads the content of an external file (text, image, ...) in a buffer variable.
<DiskFile variable>.Find (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
fWatchFile (Function)
Starts watching a file.
fSaveBuffer (Function)
Creates and fills a text file with the content of a string or buffer variable.
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...
MemOut (Function)
Used to find out whether the browse performed on a memory area is outside this memory area.
<xmlNode variable>.FindNamespaceByName (Function)
Finds an XML namespace according to its XML node and in the parents of the node.
<Connection variable>.SetServer (Function)
Used to find out and modify some settings of HFSQL Client/Server server....
<Connection variable>.InfoServerRights (Function)
Allows you to find out the rights granted to a user or group of users on a server.
J2EEError (Function)
Returns the error for the last J2EE procedure that failed.
HInfoServerRights (Function)
Allows you to find out the rights granted to a user or group of users on a server.
AJAXAvailable (Function)
Used to find out whether the AJAX technology is supported by the current browser.
Report controls
Several types of controls can be handled in a report created by the report editor......
HReadSeekLast (Function)
Sets the position on the last record whose value for a specific item is less than or equal to a sought value (exact-match search).
iParameterWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark into a report (report created in the report editor or printed report).
ocrOption (Type of variable)
The ocrOption type is used to define all the general options of the native OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system.
Characteristics of the Looper control in a page
To view the characteristics of the control, select "Description" in the context menu....
GesturePointerType (Function)
Returns the type of pointer used on the device: finger, mouse or stylus.
WEBDEV concepts
How to set the focus to a column in a Table control?
To set the focus to a column in Table control (i.e. to be positioned in input in this column), ......
The Ad control
The Ad control is used to monetize an Android application by displaying an ad banner that generates incomes according to the number of clicks performed by the application users....
BackgroundColor (Property)
The BackgroundColor property is used to set the background color of a control, window, page or block of a report.
How to develop a PHP site?
What is a PHP site?......
RightToLeft (Property)
The RightToLeft property is used to get the writing direction on a control, column, window or report.
ControlEnabled (Function)
Enables a control or a group of controls in a window. An animation can be set on the controls during this operation.
VisibleRange (Property)
The VisibleRange property is used to get and change the width of the Range Slider control track.
TreeView Table control based on a variable
A TreeView Table control based on a variable is a control bound to a variable or a set of variables......
Member (Property)
When used on Variant variables, the Member property is used to get the array of named elements.
httpResponse (Type of variable)
The httpResponse type is used to get the advanced characteristics of the response of the HTTP/HTTPS request....
HTMLEndPage (Property)
The HTMLEndPage property is used to get and change the HTML code inserted at the end of the page.