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Version: 2026

<WLanguageCodeFormatting>.Format (Function)
Formats WLanguage code: coloring, normalized rewriting, indentation, translation.
Format (Property)
The Format property is used to define the data format of a table.
<ANSI string>.Format (Function)
Formats a character string according to the selected options.
Format of the content in the text file
The text files created by WDMSG use a specific format...
MatchRegularExpression (Function)
Checks whether a character string matches a specific format and retrieves the different substrings that match the format.
zipFilter (Function)
Returns the list of archive formats supported by the current platform, in the format expected by the filter of fSelect.
<DateTime type>.ToString (Function)
Converts a DateTime to string in the specified format.
<Duration type>.ToString (Function)
Converts a duration to a character string in the specified format.
StringFormat (Function)
Formats a character string according to the selected options.
The formatted display control
This control can be used to display dates, times and monetary values for example, respecting the corresponding display format...
DateTimeToString (Function)
Converts a DateTime to string in the specified format.
LengthToString (Function)
Converts a size in bytes to a string with human-readable units such as kilobytes, megabytes or terabytes.
DurationToString (Function)
Converts a duration to a character string in the specified format.
RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
fGraphicFilter (Function)
Returns the list of image formats supported by the current platform, in the format expected by the filter of fSelect.
Limitations of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile
A structure is a custom type of data...
<ANSI string>.RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
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.
TimeToString (Function)
Converts a time to a string in the specified format.
<Unicode string>.RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
DateToString (Function)
Converts:
  • a date to a string in the specified format.
  • a date time to a string in the specified format.
SQLColumnFormat (Function)
Returns the different types of columns supported:
<Date type>.ToString (Function)
Converts:
  • a date to a string in the specified format.
  • a date time to a string in the specified format.
Importing classes and sets of procedures (text file)
format......
RichEdit (Property)
The RichEdit property is used to manage the RTF (Rich Text Format) type: of an edit control...
Handling RTF in an Edit control
Rich Text Format (RTF) is used to encode text and simplify exchange between applications......
Push notifications
A mobile device can receive push notifications......
Num1stDayOfTheWeek (Property)
control. an Organizer control. a Scheduler control. an edit control in Date format with Calendar....
zipArchive (Variable type)
... of the following formats: ZIP, CAB, RAR, WDZ, 7z, TAR, gzip or TGZ (TAR.GZ).
zipFileSize (Function)
(TAR.GZ) format): the compressed size of the file. the size of file before compression....
<zipArchive variable>.FileSize (Function)
(TAR.GZ) format): the compressed size of the file. the size of file before compression....
Extracting messages added or modified since last extraction
A project was already created and translated......
grTooltip (Function)
Displays and formats: the tooltip associated with each section of a chart (section of a pie...
<Chart>.Tooltip (Function)
Displays and formats: the tooltip associated with each section of a chart (section of a Pie...
zipSize (Function)
Returns the size of the archive (in ZIP, RAR, CAB, WDZ, 7z, gzip, TAR or TGZ (TAR.GZ) format):...
zipArchivedFile (Variable type)
of the following formats: ZIP, CAB, RAR, WDZ, 7z, TAR, gzip or TGZ (TAR.GZ). a file to add into an archive....
Creating a help file
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create a help file and associate...
TwainToPDF (Function)
... from the Twain device directly in memory in PDF format (in a buffer).
TwainToGIF (Function)
... from the Twain device directly in memory in GIF format (in a buffer).
TwainToJPEG (Function)
... from the Twain device directly in memory in JPEG format (in a buffer).
Generating SQL scripts
The content of an analysis can be exported in the format of SQL scripts for a specified database...
TwainToTIFF (Function)
... from the Twain device directly in memory in TIFF format (in a buffer).