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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, ...).
CtDescribedOLEDBProvider (Property)
The CtDescribedOLEDBProvider property gets and sets the name of the OLE DB provider (also called OLE DB server).
Tile (Type of variable)
The Tile type is used to defined all the advanced characteristics of a tile for an application in Universal Windows 10 App mode.
Title (Property)
The Title property gets and sets the title of an element.
Advanced dialog boxes
The advanced dialog boxes are windows allowing you to communicate with the user......
Creating a multilingual help system
The help editor allows you to easily create a multilingual help system......
Remote WEBDEV administrator: Modify a WEBDEV account
To modify a WEBDEV account from the remote WEBDEV administrator:...
WDInst: Additional options (summary, license, etc.)
When installing the application, you have the ability to display......
Timeout (Property)
The Timeout property gets and sets the time after which the connection is considered to have "failed".
PageByPagePrint (Property)
The PageByPagePrint property is used to: Ask a report to be printed page by page. Each page of the report will be sent separately to the printer spooler. Find out the print mode of the report (page by page or all at once)....
5. Web services
WINDEV allows you to easily use web services (or XML web services)....
Creating and using a REST Webservice
A REST WebService is a program hosted on a server containing functions accessible via HTTP requests......
9. Queries
A query is used to request information from a database to view, insert, change or delete data....
WDInst: including an "autorun" in a setup on CD
An "autorun" can be run (or not) when the setup CD is inserted into the drive of the setup computer......
<Source>.PrepareSQLQuery (Function)
Initializes a query written in SQL language and declares this query to the database server in order to optimize the next executions of this query.
nWDSetCallbackNext
Set the "callback" called when using the WDKEY and RETURNWDKEY keywords for the next window to open (in C, Pascal and Visual Basic only)......
Termination (Property)
The Property Termination is used to define the Procedure WLanguage executed when moving to the next/previous step or at the end of the guided tour....
AAF: Exporting data (Table, TreeView Table, Looper, TreeView...)
You want to perform simulations with Excel, Word, OpenOffice......
The Looper control: Custom synchronization
How to manage the synchronization between: the page displayed in the browser. This page contains a Looper control that displays the records found in an HFSQL file. the corresponding page context found on the server....
Animate a Label field
Two methods can be used to animate a Static Text control......