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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...
WithZoom (Property)
The WithZoom property is used to specify and to determine whether the user can zoom in and out: in an HTML Display control in Android, iPhone or iPad applications. in a Map control in Android, iPhone or iPad applications....
End of Document block
The End of document block is run once at the end of the report execution......
Events associated with Button controls
List of events associated with Button controls...
XMLExecuteXPath (Function)
Executes an XPATH query: in an XML document. in an xmlDocument variable....
USBListDevice (Function)
Returns the list of USB devices currently plugged into the current computer.
fbSession (Type of variable)
The fbSession type is used to describe a connection to the Facebook service and to manage the authentication to this service.
SaaSSendSecurityCode (Function)
Sends the security code to the user so that he can change his password.
ScanSelect (Function)
Opens a standard dialog box with the available scanners.
sListPort (Function)
Returns the list of serial and parallel ports on the computer.
geoPosition (Type of variable)
The geoPosition type is used to handle geographic positions via WLanguage geolocation functions.
HTML Display control processes
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile include different WLanguage events associated with HTML Display Controls......
NotificationDisplay (Function)
Displays a message outside the browser.
MatchRegularExpression (Function)
Checks whether a character string matches a specific format and retrieves the different substrings that match the format.
TwainSelectSource (Function)
Displays a standard dialog box used to list the different Twain devices available on the current computer.
GPSStopDetection (Function)
Stops the location detection triggered by GPSDetectPosition.
How to open a page?
EmailStartIMAPSession (Function)
Starts a session for receiving and reading emails with the IMAP protocol.
Error 1008: The member of the class is protected
Error 1009: The member of the class is private
Table control based on a variable
A Table control based on a variable is a Table control whose columns are bound to the elements of an Array variable, to the members of a class or to the elements of an advanced variable (e.g., xlsDocument)......
Color constants
The color constants are mainly used in the chart functions, the print functions and the drawing functions......
Using Kotlin code
Kotlin is a programming language mainly used for Android development......
NetworkConnect (Function)
Associates a drive with a shared network directory.
Mashup
The concept of Mashup consists in aggregating data coming from different software, different services, different data sources, ......
MapPolygon (Type of variable)
The MapPolygon type is used to define the characteristics of a polygon to be drawn on the map displayed in a Map control.