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Version: 2026

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
fBuildRelativePath (Function)
Returns the path to a file relative to a reference directory.
fWatchStopAll (Function)
Stops all current watch tasks of files and directories.
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, ...).
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).
fListResource (Function)
Lists the resources integrated to the application.
fWrite (Function)
Writes:
  • a character string to an external file.
  • a memory section.
fWatchFile (Function)
Starts watching a file.
<DiskFile variable>.Write (Function)
Writes:
  • a character string to an external file.
  • a memory section.
fAddBuffer (Function)
Adds the content of a buffer at the end of a file.
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 websites...
fWatchStop (Function)
Stops watching a file or directory.
fLoadText (Function)
Loads the contents of a text file into any text field or variable (string variable, window edit control, report label field, etc.).
fWatchDirectory (Function)
Detects changes made to the contents of a directory.
fLoadBuffer (Function)
Loads the content of an external file (text, image, ...) in a buffer variable.
fChangeExtension (Function)
Changes the extension of a file on disk.
fIsImage (Function)
Determines whether a file on disk or in a buffer corresponds to an image format recognized by WINDEV or WEBDEV.
How to read in a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to read the content of a text or CSV file.
<DiskFile variable>.Find (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
fAddText (Function)
Adds the content of a character string at the end of a file.
How to write into a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to write into a text or CSV file.
<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).
fSaveBuffer (Function)
Creates and fills a text file with the content of a string or buffer variable.
fFind (Function)
Finds a character string or a buffer in a file opened by fOpen.
Print modes of a report
Several print modes are available for a report.
fExtractResource (Function)
Extracts a resource from the application into a physical device location.
fInsertTextAtBeginning (Function)
Inserts text at the beginning of a file without overwriting the existing text.
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...
AJAXAsynchronousCallPending (Function)
Used to find out whether a server procedure called by AJAXExecuteAsynchronous is currently run.
HScheduledTask structure
The HScheduledTask structure is kept for backward compatibility (this structure will still be supported in the forthcoming version)....
The "Code" pane
The "Code" pane is used to handle the procedures (local and global procedures) and the classes found in the current project ("Global procedures", "Local procedures" and "Classes" options)......
sfDeletedRecord (Type of variable)
The sfSeekDeletedResult type is used to find out the characteristics of a deleted record that was retrieved by SFSeekDeleted...
TrialVersion (Function)
Used to find out whether the current execution of the application is in "trial version" mode.
SpeechSynthesisInProgress (Function)
Used to find out whether a read operation is in progress on the engine for speech synthesis.
mongoResult (Type of variable)
The mongoResult type is used to find out the result during a search performed in a MongoDB database.
<Document variable>.Replace (Function)
Finds all the instances of a character string and replaces them with another string in a Document variable.
dVerticalSymmetry (Function)
Flips an image with respect to a vertical axis (symmetry with respect to a vertical axis).
dHorizontalSymmetry (Function)
Flips an image with respect to a horizontal axis (symmetry with respect to a horizontal axis).
FinInterestRate (Function)
Calculates the interest rate for a loan over a specific period of time with fixed payments.
HServerStatus (Function)
Allows you to find out the status of a HFSQL server (this function uses the MantaManager service).
Correspondence between languages, sub-languages, character sets and nations
The table below presents the correspondence between languages, sub-languages, character sets and nations:
Legend (Property)
The Legend property is used to: Find out the label of a series. Modify the label of a series....
The TreeMap control
...The TreeMap control is used to dynamically represent data, possibly in tree structure, in a balanced way....
YAxisMin (Property)
The YAxisMin property gets the minimum value of the Y-axis in a Chart control.
ControlInvisible (Function)
Makes a control (or a group of controls) invisible in a window. An animation can be set on the controls during this operation.
ButtonType (Property)
The ButtonType property is used to get and change the type of a Button control: Cancelation, Interruption, Validation, ...
VolumePhysicalButton (Function)
Identifies or modifies the sound source associated with the physical buttons used to set the volume of the device.
GanttGetTask (Function)
Gets a task using its identifier in a Gantt Chart column in a Table or TreeView Table control.
UsefulWidth (Property)
The UsefulWidth property is used to get and change the useful width of an internal window (or supercontrol) with scrollbars.
UsefulHeight (Property)
The UsefulHeight property is used to get and change the useful height of an internal window (or supercontrol) with scrollbars.
DocStartModification (Function)
Signals the start of grouping for a set of operations on a document in a single event (management of "undo/redo")....
SecondaryMessage (Property)
The SecondaryMessage property is used to get and change the secondary message displayed below the primary message of the notification.
PrintedSheet (Property)
Within a report, the PrintedSheet property is used to get and change the sheet of a Spreadsheet control to be printed.