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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.
TextToHTML (Function)
Converts a text string into an HTML string (carriage returns are replaced by <BR>accents are replaced by their HTML equivalent, ...).
<Image variable>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws an RTF text in an Image variable.
<Image variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type Image.
HTMLToText (Function)
Converts an HTML string or buffer to text.
<WDPic variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type WDPic.
<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.
The Time control: Input or display masks
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile propose two types of masks......
<pdfDocument variable>.AddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to all the pages of an existing PDF file.
WX file
The "Executable Name".WX file is used to manage some features directly, even if these features...
6. Editing a page: zoning mode
Detecting Beacons
A "beacon" is a hardware transmitter that can "dialog" on a small perimeter with smartphones...
The Duration control: Input or display masks
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile propose two types of masks......
PDFAddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to all or some pages of an existing PDF file.
The Date input field: Input or display masks
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV propose two types of masks......
SQL : ORDER BY clause: Organizing the result of a query
The ORDER BY clause is used to sort the records selected by an SQL query......
REST Webservices: Automatic deserialization of request
In a REST Webservice, an entry point can have several types......
Report based on a programmed data source
In a report on a programmed data source, the reading of the records that will be displayed...
Standard dialog boxes
The dialog boxes are standard windows that allow you to communicate with the user......
Flexbox example: automatic control layout
Flexbox controls allow arranging controls exactly as desired when the browser is resized......
Interactive notifications
A notification is a small window that appears at the bottom right of the screen, and that can...
Classes, members, methods and properties
A class is made of......
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IU of windows...