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Version: 2025

Report based on a text file
In a report based on a text file, the information to print is read from a text file or is directly assigned in the report controls...
Translating a text file with WDTRAD
fListResource (Function)
Lists the resources integrated to the application.
HImportText (Function)
Imports a Text file into an HFSQL Classic or Client/Server data file. This data file must have been defined in the data model editor, or declared with HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile).
<Source>.ImportText (Function)
Imports a Text file into an HFSQL Classic or Client/Server data file. This data file must have been defined in the data model editor, or declared with HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile).
Handling the external files
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV propose several functions allowing you to manage the external files from your WINDEV/WINDEV Mobile applications or from your WEBDEV sites...
fBuildRelativePath (Function)
Returns the path to a file relative to a reference directory.
fInsertTextAtBeginning (Function)
Inserts text at the beginning of a file without overwriting the existing text.
fAddBuffer (Function)
Adds the content of a buffer at the end of a file.
fFind (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
<DiskFile variable>.Write (Function)
Writes:
  • a character string to an external file.
  • a memory section.
fLoadText (Function)
Loads the contents of a text file into any text field or variable (string variable, window edit control, report label field, etc.).
How to read in a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to read the content of a text or CSV file.
Print modes of a report
Several print modes are available for a report.
fAddText (Function)
Adds the content of a character string at the end of a file.
fWatchDirectory (Function)
Detects changes made to the contents of a directory.
fSaveText (Function)
Creates and fills a text file with the content of a text control or text variable (string variable, edit control in a window, Static Text control in a report, ...).
fWrite (Function)
Writes:
  • a character string to an external file.
  • a memory section.
fExtractResource (Function)
Extracts a resource from the application into a physical device location.
How to write into a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to write into a text or CSV file.
fIsImage (Function)
Determines whether a file on disk or in a buffer corresponds to an image format recognized by WINDEV or WEBDEV.
fLoadBuffer (Function)
Loads the content of an external file (text, image, ...) in a buffer variable.
<DiskFile variable>.Find (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
fWatchFile (Function)
Starts watching a file.
fSaveBuffer (Function)
Creates and fills a text file with the content of a string or buffer variable.
Result of a query in test mode
After its execution in test mode (see Running the query test), the result of the query can be...
fSplit (Function)
Splits a file into several files.
iPrintReport (Function)
Prints a report created with the report editor.
NetDirList (Function)
Lists the directories and the files found: on the FTP server (File Transfer Protocol) or on the RPC server (Remote Procedure Call) powered by WINDEV, on the client computer. This function is kept for backward compatibility....
DisplayFormat (Property)
The DisplayFormat property gets and sets the expected display format for a given text: plain text, RTF or Markdown.
PageNumber (Property)
The PageNumber property is used to: get and change the number of the page displayed in an Image control ("multi-page" image files) get and change the page number of a PDF file displayed in an image control of a window get and change the page number of a PDF file displayed in the background of a report....
Connection (Property)
The Connection property gets and sets the connection associated with a data file.
Handling WEBDEV Account Manager via command line
All the features in WEBDEV Account Manager can be used via command line......
Text (Property)
The Text property is used to get and modify text.
WDLog: Overview
The different operations that can be performed with WDLog are as follows......
HDescribeConnection (Function)
Describes a new connection to an external database.
Runtime log
The runtime log is the best way to identify the most used features of an application......
Obtaining an SSL certificate for IIS2 (2.0 or later)
xlsOpen (Function)
Opens an Excel file (xls or xlsx files).
Using several libraries in an application
A library is a WDL file that contains all the resources......
FilterWithBounds (Property)
The FilterWithBounds property is used to determine if bounds have been specified for the filter implemented by HFilter on an HFSQL data file, view or query.
nfcData (Type of variable)
The nfcData type is used to describe and handle the data of a variable of type nfcTag.
5. Creating a drop-down menu
WINDEV Tutorial: WINDEV application: Managing data Lesson 5 - Creating a drop-down menu - 30 min
Check: Activity of an application
The monitoring robot proposes to check the activity of a WINDEV application......
Managing HFSQL Client/Server files
The HFSQL Control Center allows you to fully manage HFSQL Client/Server data files......
NetSendFile (Function)
Transmits a file to an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol) powered by WINDEV. This function is kept for backward compatibility....
WDInst: grouping the files to install
By default, when generating the setup program, the files to install are compressed in a single archive file ("......
PDFMerge (Function)
Merges several existing PDF files into a single PDF file. The files are merged one after another. The paths of PDF files can be found in an array.
iDestination (Function)
Configures the print destination.
LanguageDescribed (Property)
The LanguageDescribed property is used to set the language used to compare and sort Unicode items (Unicode Text item or Unicode Text Memo item).
Filtering a data file, a view or a query
A filter is used to define by programming a selection of records corresponding to one or more criteria......