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Version: 2026

Declaring and using a variable
A variable is defined by name and type...
Service variable
The Service variable is used to...
Report based on a variable (Data binding)
A report based on a variable is used to directly print the information found in a WLanguage variable...
Composite variable
A composite variable contains different types of elements (members)...
TypeVar (Function)
Identifies the type of an expression, a variable (during a call to a procedure for example) or a control.
Advanced types
The advanced types of WLanguage are as follows
Checkers available in the code editor
The code editor proposes several tools used to correct the code...
IsNumeric (Function)
Enables you to find out whether a variable or a control is:
  • a numeric (integer, real, currency or numeric).
  • a string that can be converted into numeric.
Assignment operators
Three assignment operators are available...
WLanguage types
The different types in WLanguage are...
Constant
The constants are language elements whose value is fixed once and for all...
<Source>.Reset (Function)
Initializes:
  • one or all variables of file items with their default values.
  • one or all items of a Record variable with their default values.
HReset (Function)
Initializes:
  • one or all variables of file items with their default values.
  • one or all items of a Record variable with their default values.
Type inference
The type inference is used to simplify the declaration of variables when the variable type can be automatically deduced by the compiler...
Code style
A code style is used to automatically prefix the name of all the variables and project elements (windows, report controls, classes, etc.
BeaconListBackgroundDetection (Function)
Returns the list of active Beacon detections started in the background with BeaconDetectBackground.
SOAPToHTTP (Function)
Builds the HTTP request to call a function of a Webservice. This request can be modified to adapt...
MemcachedAddKeyGroup (Function)
Adds a new key/value couple into the Memcached cache on a group of servers....
gpwListOAuthParameters (Function)
Retrieves the list of OAuth parameters defined for the User Groupware, i.e. the list of providers...
<xmlNode>.ToJSON (Function)
Converts an XML string to JSON.
Scanner functions
The scanner functions are as follows:...
CodeWLanguageMetEnForme (Function)
Put in Geometry a WLanguage code: coloring, standardized rewriting, indentation, translation, etc.
<WLanguageCodeFormatting>MetEnForme (Function)
Put in Geometry a WLanguage code: coloring, standardized rewriting, indentation, translation.
Functions for handling commands in console mode (prefix syntax)
Functions for handling commands in console mode....
URIToFile (Function)
Saves, in the background, the content of a resource (image, text, etc.) identified by its URI...
HTTPSimulateNetwork (Function)
Simulates a slow network by limiting the download and upload speed.
EnumerationCheckName (Function)
Checks whether an enumeration value known by its name is valid.
<Source>ExportJSON String (Function)
Exports the records from a table (HFSQL or OLE DB), view, or query to a JSON string.
Input suggestion functions
The following functions are used to program input suggestion options in Edit controls...
CertificateList (Function)
Returns the list of certificates available on the computer.
CertificateCheckString (Function)
Checks the correspondence between a signature and a string.
Standard FTP functions
List of standard FTP functions...
CertificateSignString (Function)
Creates the signature of a character string.
dSaveImagePNG (Function)
Saves an image: in a PNG file. in memory....