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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...
Native Progress Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The use of SQL functions to handle Progress data does not require importing the file structure into the analysis......
ListDLL (Function)
Returns: at runtime: the list of libraries (".DLL" files) used by the current WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile application or by the current WEBDEV site. Only the libraries loaded in memory are listed. in test mode: all the libraries installed on the current computer....
<Source>.ImportXLS (Function)
Imports an XLS file into a data file in HFSQL Classic or Client/Server format (data file described in the data model editor, or declared by HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile)....
CtAccess (Property)
The CtAccess property is used to set the type of access to the data file when connecting to a specific table via OLE DB.
CtDescribedAccess (Property)
The CtDescribedAccess property is used to set the type of access to the data file when connecting to a specific table via OLE DB.
HImportXLS (Function)
Imports an XLS file into a data file in HFSQL Classic or Client/Server format (data file described in the data model editor, or declared by HDeclare, HDeclareExternal or HDescribeFile)....
The Word Processing control
The "Word processing" control is an advanced control that allows the end user to create and edit documents in docx format......
MongoGridFSGetFileByID (Function)
Retrieves (on the local computer) a file identified by its identifier and found in a MongoDB file system.
MongoGridFSGetFile (Function)
Retrieves (on the local computer) a file identified by its name and found in a MongoDB file system.
<mongoGridFS variable>.GetFileByID (Function)
Retrieves (on the local computer) a file identified by its identifier and found in a MongoDB file system.
<Source>.ChangeDir (Function)
Changes the path to a data file (i.e. directory in which the file will be handled).
HChangeDir (Function)
Changes the path to a data file (i.e. directory in which the file will be handled).
<mongoGridFS variable>.GetFile (Function)
Retrieves (on the local computer) a file identified by its name and found in a MongoDB file system.
TableEnd (Function)
Stops the manual iteration of data file linked to a Table control based on a data file.
14. Report templates
...Report templates are used to easily standardize report layouts....
HRplPass (Function)
Sets the passwords used to protect the universal replication files.
Types of Edit controls
TableFixColumn (Function)
Fixes a column to the left or frees a column fixed to the left.
<Table>.FixColumn (Function)
Fixes a column to the left or frees a column fixed to the left.
HDuplicateRecord (Function)
Duplicates the record read in a data file: the record found in memory is added into the data file (query or view).
TopIndent (Property)
The TopIndent property is used to get and change the space at the top of the text (top margin) in a control.
Implementing log-based replication: Modifying the analysis
Log-based replication can be implemented in the data model editor......
WDInst: advanced options for the network setup
The advanced options of the network setup are used to......
<Table>.End (Function)
Stops the manual iteration of data file linked to a Table control based on a data file.
The Image Editor control
The "Image Editor" control is a rich control that allows end users to create and edit images in their WINDEV applications......