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Version: 2026

Sitemap file for Google
To better analyze the content of the sites, the search engine of Google uses an XML file named "Sitemap" (if it is available)...
FileToURI (Function)
Saves the contents of a file to a resource identified by its URI.
Database schema: Description of table structure
The database schema allows you to define the structure of tables used by the project...
Custom-Folders in the database schema
Several file descriptions can be grouped into a "Custom-Folder"...
Uploading files
Uploading consists in saving a file located on the user's computer to a web server...
How to loop through the files of a directory?
This help page presents the different methods that can be used to loop through the files of a directory.
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...
<DiskFile variable>.Open (Function)
Opens an external file (ANSI or Unicode) so that it can be manipulated programmatically
<Document variable>.Close (Function)
Closes the docx file associated with the Document variable and frees the document.
LoadError (Function)
Loads the file containing the error messages in the desired language into memory.
<gglDrive variable>.Rename (Function)
Renames a directory or Google Docs Editors file on Google Drive.
Parameters of the procedure used by fReadLine
WLanguage procedure ("Callback") called by fReadLine for each line read in the file.
KeyFileType (Property)
The KeyFileType property defines the type of encoding used for a key file.
<PDF reader>.AddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to all the pages of a PDF file in a PDF Reader control.
<PDF Reader>.Close (Function)
Closes and frees the PDF file displayed in a PDF Reader control.
<Table>.ToExcel (Function)
Creates an Excel file with the data from a Table or TreeView Table control.
<Source>.ReadPrevious (Function)
Sets the position on the previous record of a file according to a browse item.
grDestinationBMP (Function)
Defines a BitMap file as destination of a chart (BMP means BitMap).
MCISize (Function)
Returns or changes the size of a media file previously opened (MCIOpen).
FTPConnect (Function)
Connects the current computer to an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
TraceStart (Function)
Opens the trace window or saves the trace information in a text file.
XMLOpen (Function)
Loads an XML document from a file, a URL or a string into an xmlDocument variable.
fLoadBuffer (Function)
Loads the content of an external file (text, image, ...) in a buffer variable.
rssSave (Function)
Builds the RSS feed and saves the RSS feed in an XML file.
HDBDescribeFile (Function)
Describes a file in dBase3 format (most common format) programmatically.
<Spreadsheet>.Load (Function)
Loads a file in XLSX format in a Spreadsheet control found in a window.
Table,Save (External language)
Updates or adds a record in the data file linked to the Table control.
RTFLoad (Function)
Loads a file in RTF in an RTF control (found in a window or in a report).
<Image variable>.SavePNG (Function)
Saves an image found in an Image variable: in a PNG file. in memory....
iAddAttachment (Function)
Adds an attachment in a PDF file generated by a PDF print export.
zipExtractFile (Function)
Extracts a file from an archive and automatically decompresses it to a physical location...
NameServerFile (Property)
The NameServerFile property is used to get the name of the uploaded file on the server.