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Version: 2026

Translating a text file with WDTRAD
User Groupware functions
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...
fWatchStop (Function)
Stops watching a file or directory.
fBuildRelativePath (Function)
Returns the path to a file relative to a reference directory.
fIsImage (Function)
Determines whether a file on disk or in a buffer corresponds to an image format recognized by WINDEV or WEBDEV.
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 websites...
fFind (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
fWrite (Function)
Writes:
  • a character string to an external file.
  • a memory section.
fSaveBuffer (Function)
Creates and fills a text file with the content of a string or buffer variable.
fListResource (Function)
Lists the resources integrated to the application.
<DiskFile variable>.Find (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
fAddBuffer (Function)
Adds the content of a buffer at the end of a file.
Print modes of a report
Several print modes are available for a report.
fLoadBuffer (Function)
Loads the content of an external file (text, image, ...) in a buffer variable.
fWatchFile (Function)
Starts watching a file.
fExtractResource (Function)
Extracts a resource from the application into a physical device location.
fAddText (Function)
Adds the content of a character string at the end of a file.
fInsertTextAtBeginning (Function)
Inserts text at the beginning of a file without overwriting the existing text.
How to read in a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to read the content of a text or CSV file.
fChangeExtension (Function)
Changes the extension of a file on disk.
How to write into a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to write into a text or CSV file.
HImportText (Function)
Imports a Text file into an HFSQL Classic or Client/Server table. This table must have been defined in the data model editor, or declared with HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile).
fWatchDirectory (Function)
Detects changes made to the contents of a directory.
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...
<Source>.ImportText (Function)
Imports a Text file into an HFSQL Classic or Client/Server table. This table must have been defined in the data model editor, or declared with HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile).
<DiskFile variable>.Write (Function)
Writes:
  • a character string to an external file.
  • a memory section.
fWatchStopAll (Function)
Stops all current watch tasks of files and directories.
fLoadText (Function)
Loads the contents of a text file into any text field or variable (string variable, window edit control, report label field, etc.).
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, ...).
SysDirExternalStorage (Function)
Returns the path of the directory that will be used to store files in the external storage space of the Android device.
iOSAppGroupDirectory (Function)
Returns the path of the container used to share files between several applications belonging to the same iOS App Group.
DriveListeFileGgl (Function)
Lists files from the Google suite (Google Docs, Google SpreadSheets, etc.) present in a Google Drive.
zipNbFile (Function)
Returns the number of files found in an archive (in CAB, RAR, ZIP, WDZ or 7z format).
XLS file handling functions
List of functions for managing XLS files...
Markdown
Markdown is a lightweight markup language that allows you to apply formatting to text......
Testing a window
Testing a single window allows you to run the current window in WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile......
The indexed controls
A control is an indexed control if it contains several controls with the same name......
Certificate (Type of variable)
The Certificate type is used to handle: the certificates used to sign the strings or the files. the certificates used to sign the emails....
AssistedInputConfigure (Function)
Used to configure the filter and the opening of assisted input.
The OLE control
The OLE control is used to handle an OLE object......
<Connection variable>.Backup (Function)
Makes a backup copy of the content of an HFSQL server: all databases on the server, one or more databases, one or more data files.
SourceToScreen (Function)
Automatically updates the controls in a window or page with: the values of the bound items in the current record (loaded in memory) of the HFSL data file described in the data model editor. the values of the bound WLanguage variables....
11. User Macro-Code: UMC in practice
gpwOpenConnection (Function)
Opens a connection to a specific Client/Server database to manage User Groupware files in Client/Server mode....
spMatchesDescription (Property)
The spMatchesDescription property determines if the parameters (key derivation function, hash algorithm, iteration count and output length) of the item of type "Password" in the data file match the parameters described programmatically or in the analysis.
Sticky header (Code editor)
When working in a large code file (larger than the screen), it can sometimes be difficult to determine where you are in the code......
<Word Processing>.Insert (Function)
Inserts an object in a Word Processing control. The objects that can be used are: an element, a document, a paragraph, a text, an image, a fragment....
WDMap: Printing records
WDMAP allows you to print the records found in a data file......