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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...
WinScreenRectangle (Example)
Usage example of the WinScreenRectangle function
gpwInitAnalysis (Function)
Initialize the analysis of user groupware.
BreadcrumbAddLink (Function)
Adds a link into a Breadcrumb control.
BreadcrumbInsertLink (Function)
Inserts a link into a Breadcrumb control.
BreadcrumbDeleteLink (Function)
Deletes a link from a Breadcrumb control.
BreadcrumbDeleteAll (Function)
Deletes all links from a Breadcrumb control.
htmlDocument (Type of variable)
The htmlDocument type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of an HTML document.
iMargin (Function)
Defines the "logical" print margins.
HClusterState (Function)
Returns the status of an HFSQL cluster by interrogating its coordinator.
HaspHLDecrypt (Function)
Decrypts a character string by using the algorithms of the Hasp key.
<Looper>.BreakIndex (Function)
Returns the index of the break header and footer for a given break in a Looper control.
<Table>.ColumnIndex (Function)
Returns the index of a column in a Table or Treeview Table control.
<Connection variable>.UpdateQuery (Function)
Creates or updates a query on an HFSQL server.
SpreadsheetDeleteColumn (Function)
Deletes a column from a Spreadsheet control.
HClusterStart (Function)
Starts an HFSQL cluster. This cluster was stopped beforehand (by HClusterStop for example).
Class diagram
A class diagram describes the structure of a system via classes and the relationships among them......
Optional events: Information retrieved (Java and Android)
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to add optional events to the ones proposed by default for the different application elements......
Nesting the framesets
By default, a frameset is used to display several pages in the same window of the browser......
LDAPFind (Function)
Performs a search in an LDAP server.
Native Oracle Connector: Retrieving the output value of a stored procedure
The Native Oracle Connector is used to: specify the input values during the call to a stored procedure. retrieve the output values after a call to a stored procedure....
Handling Button controls programmatically
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV allow you to programmatically handle Button controls......
ProjectInfo (Function)
Returns specific information about the project currently run.
grAxisTitle (Function)
Defines the title of X-axis and the title of Y-axis in a chart.
HClusterDeleteNode (Function)
Disables a node in a HFSQL cluster.
GetCountryName (Function)
Returns the name of a country that corresponds to its ISO code according to the ISO 3166-1 standard.