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 WINDEV, WEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE

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.
fWrite (Function)
Writes: a character string to an external file. a memory section....
HDBDescribeField (Function)
Describes through programming each item found in the structure of an xBase file described...
Display (External language)
Displays a value in a control or assigns a value in a variable.
HDescribeFile (Function)
Describes a table programmatically.
Keyboard shortcut on a button (AAF)
In an application developed with WINDEV, the user has the ability to implement a keyboard shortcut...
gBackgroundGradient (Function)
Describes a display color in gradient mode.
InitialAnimation (Property)
The InitialAnimation property determines whether the animation of an Image, Button, Static...
RightToLeft (Property)
The RightToLeft property is used to get the writing direction on a control, column, window...
HDBDescribeIndex (Function)
Describes through programming the different index files that will be created.
FontMinSize (Property)
The FontMinSize property is used to get and change the minimum size of the font used in a Static...
rssEnclosure (Variable type)
The rssEnclosure type is used to define and handle an attachment to a RSS feed entry...
1. Creating pages
WEBDEV Tutorial: My first WEBDEV website Lesson 1 - Creating pages - 10 min
Share your projects via Git
Git is a source code manager......
Code editor: Various operations
The code editor is the editor where the developers spend most of their time. This help page...
iDestination (Function)
Configures the print destination.
htmlNode (Type of variable)
The htmlNode type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a node of an HTML document.
Control constants
List of constants used by the functions for managing controls...
Description of a WEBDEV element style
This window allows you to describe a CSS style that will be used for the controls of your WEBDEV...
xmlNode (Type of variable)
The xmlNode type is used to handle a node of an XML document.
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