ONLINE HELP
 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.
RibbonHighlightPane (Function)
Highlights a tab in a Ribbon control.
Characteristics of menu options
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile manage two types of menus......
OLECopy (Function)
Copies the object found in an OLE control into the Windows clipboard.
MinimumLength (Property)
The MinimumLength property gets and sets the minimum length of an element.
SpeechSynthesisInitialize (Function)
Initializes the parameters of speech synthesis for the current application.
Events associated with an Image Editor control
WINDEV manages the following events by default (in order of appearance in the code editor)...
Compilation options (chm format)
XMLBuildString (Function)
Retrieves and formats the content of an XML document (created by XMLDocument and modified...
InterpretAmpersand (Property)
The InterpretAmpersand property is used to determine and change how the '&' character...
The Table control on mobile devices (Android and iOS)
The Table control is available for Android and iOS applications......
AnimationEnabled (Function)
Enables or disables the animations in the controls.
Extern (Reserved word)
EXTERN is used to...
Configuring the Apache 2.2 server
WEBDEV Development: Configuring the Apache 1.3.x or 2.0.x server for the CGI protocol...
GglFile (Type of Variable)
The GglFile type allows you to know all the characteristics of a file from the Google software...
Characteristics of Sidebar controls
The main characteristics of a Sidebar control can be configured......
HDescribeFullTextIndex (Example)
Usage example of the HDescribeFullTextIndex function
Multiselection (Property)
The Multiselection property gets and sets the selection mode: in a Table and TreeView Table...
HTMLToRTF (Function)
Converts an HTML string or an HTML buffer to an RTF string.
Automatic AJAX
The diagram below presents the automatic and immediate use of AJAX in a WEBDEV site......
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