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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.
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>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type Image.
HTMLToText (Function)
Converts an HTML string or buffer to text.
<Image variable>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws an RTF text in an Image variable.
<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.
Repositionable note (AAF)
End users can create repositionable notes in all the windows of their WINDEV applications......
PDFReaderSeekNext (Function)
Sets the position on the next result of a search in the content of a PDF Reader control.
docFragment (Type of variable)
The docFragment type is used to define the characteristics of a fragment found in a "docx"...
Native MariaDB Connector: Requirements and remarks
This page presents the main aspects and requirements of the Native MariaDB Connector......
CursorEnd (Property)
The CursorEnd property gets and sets the end position of the mouse selection range in the following...
PDFReaderSeekPrevious (Function)
Sets the position on the previous result of a search started with PDFReaderSeekFirst in the content...
iCreateFont (Example)
Usage example of the iCreateFont function
iPrintZone (Example)
Usage example of the iPrintZone function
WDMap: Viewing records: special cases
This help page presents the special display cases in WDMap......
CompleteDir (Function)
Adds a backslash to the end of a string, if necessary.
Various WEBDEV constants
Various WEBDEV constants...
Binding an Edit control to an item
An Edit control can be bound to an item in a data file, query, etc, ......
gImage (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters containing an image.
Spelling checker in the interface
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to use the OpenOffice spelling checker...
Native MySQL Connector: Specific features and remarks
Remarks and specific features of the Native MySQL Connector...
AppleRequestTrackingAuthorizationAsynchronous (Function)
Displays the permission request for user activity tracking.
picRTF (Type of variable)
The picRTF type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a layer that contains RTF.