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Version: 2026

How to write into a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to write into a text or CSV file.
How to read in a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to read the content of a text or CSV file.
Text (Property)
The Text property gets and sets text.
<picLayer variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type picLayer.
Clipboard (Function)
Retrieves the text or image found in the system clipboard.
<Image>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in an Image control.
ClipboardUnicode (Function)
Returns the text found in the clipboard in Unicode format.
<Image>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in an Image control.
dTextHTML (Function)
Draws HTML text:
  • in an Image control,
  • in an Image variable.
  • in a WDPic variable (on the background layer),
  • in a picLayer variable.
ClipboardRTF (Function)
Retrieves an RTF string from the clipboard (the content of the clipboard is in RTF).
<Image>.TextWidth (Function)
Calculates text width in pixels.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
<WDPic variable>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in a WDPic variable.
<Image>.TextHeight (Function)
Calculates text height in pixels.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
dTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text:
  • in an Image control,
  • in an Image variable,
  • in a WDPic variable (on the background layer),
  • in a picLayer variable.
Using Unicode in HFSQL tables
The database schema proposes two types of Unicode items ...
dTextHeight (Function)
Calculates text height in pixels.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
<picLayer variable>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws an RTF text in a picLayer variable.
<Image>AnimationGetParameter (Function)
Reads the value of one of the animation parameters defined for an Image field.
AnimationSetParameter (Function)
Changes one of the animation parameters used for:
  • an animated image (in an Image control),
  • an animated text (in a Static Text control).
<Libellé>.AnimationGetParameter (Function)
Reads the value of one of the animation parameters defined for a Static Text control.
<Image variable>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in an Image variable.
<Libellé>AnimationSetParameter (Function)
Changes one of the animation parameters used for animated text (in a Static Text control).
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.
dTextRTF (Function)
Draws RTF text:
  • in an Image control,
  • in an Image variable.
<WDPic variable>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws an RTF text in a WDPic variable.
dTextWidth (Function)
Calculates text width in pixels.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
<WDPic variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type WDPic.
<Image variable>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws an RTF text in an Image variable.
TextToHTML (Function)
Converts a text string into an HTML string (carriage returns are replaced by <BR>accents are replaced by their HTML equivalent, ...).
HTMLToText (Function)
Converts an HTML string or buffer to text.
<Image variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type Image.
<Image>.AnimationSetParameter (Function)
Changes one of the animation parameters used for a moving image (in an Image field).
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The different types of items proposed in the data model editor are as follows:
fLoadText (Function)
Loads the contents of a text file into any text field or variable (string variable, window edit control, report label field, etc.).
dText (Function)
Draws a text:
  • in an Image control,
  • in an Image variable,
  • in a WDPic variable (on the background layer),
  • in a picLayer variable.
<Image>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws RTF text in an Image control.
AnimationGetParameter (Function)
Reads the value of one of the animation parameters defined for an Image or Static Text control.
<picLayer variable>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in a picLayer variable.
<Connection variable>.RetrieveLog (Function)
Creates a text file containing the server logs between two given dates.
pdfTextElement (Type of variable)
The pdfTextElement type is used to find out all the characteristics of a text element in a PDF...
HTMLEditorInsert (Function)
Inserts text or HTML code at the cursor position in an HTML Editor control.
<HTML editor>.Insert (Function)
Inserts text or HTML code at the cursor position in an HTML Editor control.
<Source>.ListSynonym (Function)
Returns the list of synonyms used by a full-text index.
TextItemCompleted (Property)
The TextItemCompleted property is used to manage text items in an HFSQL data file.
gCoord (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to define the position of the input cursor for a text.
AnimationSetMode (Function)
Changes the type of animation: for an image in an Image control. for a text in a static...
DocPositionTopPage (Function)
Returns the position of the first character in a given page in a Text Processing control.
TokenEnabled (Property)
The TokenEnabled property determines if an Edit control is a "Text token" Edit control.
ControlFindTextNext (Function)
Finds and selects the next element corresponding to the sought text in a window or in a control.
Margin (Property)
The Property HEX@ allows you to define the size of a HEX@ , for example around a text.
VerticalAlignment (Property)
... or text.
ControlFindTextPrevious (Function)
Searches for and selects the previous element corresponding to the text searched for in a window...
HRetrieveLog (Function)
Creates a text file containing the server logs between two given dates.
HListSynonym (Function)
Returns the list of synonyms used by a full-text index.
SpreadsheetAddLink (Function)
Creates a link in a Spreadsheet control cell. The text in the cell becomes the link.
AlternativeText (Property)
The AlternativeText property is used to get and edit the alternative text of controls in a page.
HorizontalAlignment (Property)
... or text.