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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.
<DiskFile variable>.Write (Function)
Writes:
  • a character string to an external file.
  • a memory section.
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...
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).
<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).
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, ...).
ImageInfoClose (Function)
Closes the image file (in JPEG or TIFF format) used by ImageInfoValue and/or ImageInfoList and frees the image from memory....
<Pivot table>.Load (Function)
Loads the result of the calculation performed in a Pivot Table control from a backup (file found on disk or backup in a buffer).
<Source>.SeekLast (Function)
Sets the position on the last file record whose value for a specific item is less than or equal to a sought value.
<Source>.NoModif (Function)
Forbids all the modifications on a data file (for all the programs, including the one that requested the no-modification policy).
<Source>.Reset (Function)
Initialize: one or all variables of file items with their default values. one or all items of a Record variable with their default values....
ModificationRule (Property)
The ModificationRule property is used to configure the modification rule (integrity management) to be applied to the data file described in the code.
DeletionRule (Property)
The DeletionRule property is used to configure the deletion rule (integrity management) to be applied to the data file described through programming.
FilterCondition (Property)
The FilterCondition property allows you to know the selection condition set by HFilter on a data file, HFSQL view or query.
HNoModif (Function)
Forbids all the modifications on a data file (for all the programs, including the one that requested the no-modification policy).
LooperToExcel (Function)
Creates an Excel file from the data found in a Looper control (browsing Looper control or memory Looper control).
<Looper>.ToExcel (Function)
Creates an Excel file from the data found in a Looper control (browsing Looper control or memory Looper control).
HRecordDate (Function)
Returns the date and time of the last write operation performed on a record in an HFSQL file (Classic or Client/Server)....
HIndexingInProgress (Function)
Indicates that a reindex operation is currently performed on an HFSQL data file and returns the percentage of reindexing already performed.
<Source>.IndexingInProgress (Function)
Indicates that a reindex operation is currently performed on an HFSQL data file and returns the percentage of reindexing already performed.
<Source>.ExtractMemo (Function)
Extracts the content of a binary memo item from an HFSQL table, from a query or from an HFSQL view into a physical file (on disk).
PVTLoad (Function)
Loads the result of the calculation performed in a Pivot Table control from a backup (file found on disk or backup in a buffer).
Combo Box columns in Table controls
A Table control (populated programmatically, based on a data file or based on a variable) can include Combo Box columns......
Native XML Connector
WINDEV and WEBDEV allow you to import and handle a definition of XML files via the data model editor......
Testing and debugging a project on the development computer
The test of the entire project allows you to simulate the start of the application with the executable......
Brochure of new features: Common new features
New features in WINDEV/WEBDEV/WINDEV Mobile 28 presented in the New Features brochure....
iTextWidth (Function)
Calculates the width (in millimeters) of the text to print, according to the specified font.