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Version: 2026
<PDF reader>.NbSignatures (Function)
Gets the number of signatures in a PDF Reader control.
PDF file functions (prefix syntax)
PDF file functions
State "form with input": input in a PDF form
The report editor can be used to create form reports, which include different controls allowing users to enter data...
PDF file functions
PDF file functions
<PDF reader>.GetSignature (Function)
Gets the signature of a PDF document as a buffer.
<PDF reader>.AddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to all the pages of a PDF file in a PDF Reader control.
PDF printing: Special cases
Specific features of print in PDF format
<PDF reader>.GetSignatureDate (Function)
Gets the date of one of the signatures of a PDF document.
Printing to PDF
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create a PDF file during a print...
Manipulating PDF files
PDF is one of the most widely used formats for sending and storing electronic documents...
Report based on a form
The report editor gives you the ability to print reports on pre-printed forms (image file or PDF file)...
<Word Processing>.ToPDF (Function)
Converts a Word Processing document into a PDF file.
<pdfPage variable>.AddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to a page of an existing PDF file.
PDFOpen (Function)
Opens a PDF document and loads it in a pdfDocument variable.
<Scanner variable>.ToPDF (Function)
Saves a document from a scanner to a PDF file.
<pdfDocument variable>.NbSignatures (Function)
Gets the number of signatures in a PDF document.
PDFVerifySignatures (Function)
Checks the validity of PDF signatures.
Note: This function is only available from version 2025 Update 1.
PDFControlInfoXY (Function)
Returns the characteristics of an interactive control currently hovered over in a PDF Reader control.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 3.
<pdfDocument variable>.GetSignatureDate (Function)
Gets the date of one of the signatures of a PDF document.
<pdfDocument variable>.AddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to all the pages of an existing PDF file.
Print modes of a report
Several print modes are available for a report.
PDFMerge (Function)
Merges several PDF files into a single PDF file. Files are merged one after the other. The paths of the PDF files can be included in an array.
MarkdownToPDF (Function)
Converts a Markdown string (or buffer) to a buffer containing a PDF document.
iAddBookmark (Function)
Adds a bookmark in the report viewer or when exporting to PDF.
<pdfDocument variable>.GetSignature (Function)
Gets the signature of a PDF document as a buffer.
PDFAddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to all or some pages of an existing PDF file.
<pdfPage variable>.AddImage (Function)
Adds an image to a page in an existing PDF file.
ImageInfo (Function)
Retrieves the characteristics of an image file or the characteristics of a PDF file:
  • format.
  • width and height.
  • number of bits per pixel.
  • area of transparency.
OpenDocument (Function)
Opens a document in a new modeless window using the appropriate WINDEV editor.
Starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2 (subscription version), diagrams are opened using the diagram editor.
PDFGetSignature (Function)
Gets the signature of a PDF document as a buffer.
PageNumber (Property)
The PageNumber property is used to:
  • get and change the number of the page displayed in an Image control ("multi-page" image files)
  • get and change the page number of a PDF file displayed in an image control of a window
  • get and change the page number of a PDF file displayed in the background of a report.
PDFNbSignatures (Function)
Gets the number of signatures in a PDF document.
PDFClose (Function)
Closes the PDF file loaded in memory in a pdfDocument variable.
DocToPDF (Function)
Converts a Word Processing document into a PDF file.
PDFGetSignatureDate (Function)
Gets the date of one of the signatures of a PDF document.
Report viewer: "Export" pane
The "Export" pane in the report viewer allows you to perform the following operations...
iParameterPDF (Function)
Defines the options for the generated PDF file.
PDFAddImage (Function)
Adds an image to a page in an existing PDF file.
Image control in a window
This help page presents the characteristics of an Image control found in a window...
iAddAttachment (Function)
Adds an attachment in a PDF file generated by a PDF print export.
ScanToPDF (Function)
Saves a document from a scanner to a PDF file.
<pdfDocument variable>.VerifySignatures (Function)
Checks the validity of PDF signatures.
Note: This function is only available from version 2025 Update 1.
PDFPassword (Function)
Protects a PDF document with a password.
PDFMergeWithPassword (Function)
Merges several password-protected PDF files into a single PDF file.
TwainToPDF (Function)
Allows:
  • save the document coming from the Twain device in a PDF file.
  • view the document coming from the Twain device in the user interface of device.
  • save the document coming from the Twain device directly in memory in PDF format (in a buffer).
dImageToArray (Function)
Copies the RGB pixels of the image into a one-dimensional or two-dimensional array. The array...
iPrintSignature (Function)
Prints an image of the signature in a rectangular area.
OCRExtractText (Function)
Reads the text contained in an image.
FileDisplay (Example)
Usage example of the FileDisplay function
URIToBuffer (Function)
Loads in the background the content of a resource (image, text, etc.) identified by its URI...
URIGetInfo (Function)
Retrieves information of a URI resource.
iDestination (Function)
Configures the print destination.
ReplicSynchro: How to use
The stress tests are used to check......
URIToFile (Function)
Saves, in the background, the content of a resource (image, text, etc.) identified by its URI...
iParameterPDF (Example)
Usage example of the iParameterPDF function
Events associated with reports
The following events are associated to reports (order of appearance in the code editor)......
Print constants
List of constants used by the print functions....
How to save and retrieve an image in a binary memo
ScanFromCameraToImage (Function)
Opens a specific window for scanning one or more documents using the phone or tablet camera.
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