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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.
Printing during the report test in the editor
During the test of a report ("Go" button from the report editor), several print options...
iOS specific buttons
WINDEV Mobile includes several standard Apple buttons......
Automatic index generation
The automatic index generation suggests index keywords based on the content of your help page......
nfcData (Type of variable)
The nfcData type is used to describe and handle the data of a variable of type nfcTag.
OLEPaste (Function)
Pastes the content of Windows clipboard into an OLE control.
docTabulation (Type of variable)
The docTabulation type is used to define the characteristics of a custom tabulation.
fCopyFile (Function)
Copies one or more files (regardless of their attributes).
fRead (Function)
Reads: a block of bytes (characters) in an external file (ANSI or Unicode), the content...
CurrentTitle (Function)
Modifies the title of the current window (returned by CurrentWin) and the title bar.
notificationFormat (Type of variable)
The notificationFormat type is used to describe the display format of a notification when this one...
The Tab control
The Tab control is used to simultaneously display different controls......
DndSource (Property)
The DndSource property is used to determine and change a control's drag-and-drop behavior....
Share your projects via Git
Git is a source code manager......
Characteristics of menu options
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile manage two types of menus......
BackgroundStyle (Property)
The BackgroundStyle property is used to get and modify the background style of cells in tables...
Image Editor control: Options in the ribbon and the panes
The Image Editor control offers a host of options accessible via......
StrikeOut (Property)
The StrikeOut property is used to: Determine whether the strikethrough formatting is applied...