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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.
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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.
<Image variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type Image.
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>.AnimationSetParameter (Function)
Changes one of the animation parameters used for a moving image (in an Image field).
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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.
SNMPOIDToString (Function)
Converts an OID from its numeric representation to its text representation.
fWriteLine (Function)
Writes a line to a text file (ANSI or Unicode).
<Edit>.InsertToken (Function)
Inserts a token into a "Text token" Edit control.
DiagramSearch (Function)
Searches for shapes containing a specific text in a diagram.
<HTML editor>.Select (Function)
Selects a text fragment in an HTML Editor control.
HTMLEditorSelect (Function)
Selects a text fragment in an HTML Editor control.
grMenuOption (Function)
Modifies the text of an option in the context menu of a chart.
iPrintAreaHTML (Function)
Pritns a text in HTML format in a rectangular area.
<Edit>.DeleteAllToken (Function)
Deletes all the tokens from a "Text token" Edit control.
EditAddToken (Function)
Adds a token to a "Text token" Edit control.
<DiskFile variable>.WriteLine (Function)
Writes a line to a text file (ANSI or Unicode).
<Chart>.MenuOption (Function)
Modifies the text of an option in the context menu of a chart.
Caption (Property)
The Caption property gets and sets the text of an element.
ToClipboard (Function)
Writes text or image information into the system clipboard.
EditInsertToken (Function)
Inserts a token into a "Text token" Edit control.
iTextHeight (Function)
Calculates the height of the font for the text to print (in millimeters).
ToolTip (Property)
The ToolTip property gets and changes the tooltip text.
AddLink (Function)
Adds a link to a text section in an edit control.
<Diagram variable>.Search (Function)
Searches for shapes containing a specific text in a diagram.
FontStrikeOut (Property)
The FontStrikeOut property is used to determine if a text is struck through.
SNMPStringToOID (Function)
Converts an OID from its text representation to its numeric representation.
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