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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 MariaDB Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The SQL functions can be used to handle the MariaDB database......
Native MySQL Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The SQL functions can be used to handle the MySQL database......
CaptionWidth (Property)
The CaptionWidth property is used to get and change the width reserved for the text area in an Edit or Combo Box control.
Native PostgreSQL Connector: Programming with SQL functions
You can use SQL functions to handle the PostgreSQL database......
Create the help system in WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile
These are the main steps to create a help file (HTML, CHM or PDF)......
DocOpen (Function)
Opens a Word Processing file (docx format) in Read/Write mode. The docx file is opened and locked until it is closed....
<Looper>.Display (Function)
Refreshes a Looper control based on a data file from a given position: the modifications performed in the linked file are applied to the looper.
<Word Processing>.Open (Function)
Opens a Word Processing file (docx format) in Read/Write mode. The docx file is opened and locked until it is closed....
nWDOpenWDL: Opening a library
Opens a library created by WINDEV (file with a WDL extension)......
LooperDisplay (Function)
Refreshes a Looper control based on a data file from a given position: the modifications performed in the linked file are applied to the looper.
BitmapInfo (Function)
Retrieves the characteristics of an image file or the characteristics of a PDF file : format, width and height, number of bits per pixel....
FTPTime (Function)
Returns the different times (creation, modification or access) associated with a file found on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
FTPDateTime (Function)
Returns the different dates and times (creation, modification or access) associated with a file found on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
OCR: Convert an image to text
An OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system analyzes an image to extract the text it contains......
DisplayLongText (External language)
Displays a long text in a text control in Pascal and in C.
Deploying an application that uses an external component
An application that uses one or more external components is deployed in the same way as a standard application......
Creating, generating and deploying a web service
WINDEV and WEBDEV allow you to directly generate web services that use the SOAP technology......
WithSpace (Function)
Adds or deletes the spaces found on the right of a text item when reading it.
Native DB2 Connector : Programming with SQL functions
The use of SQL functions to handle DB2 data does not require importing the file structure into the analysis......
hdfsStatus (Type of variable)
The hdfsStatus type is used to define the advanced characteristics regarding the status of an element (file, directory, link) in the Hadoop file system.
<Source>.MigrateLinkedCompositeKey (Function)
Migrates the values of the linked composite keys coming from a file in Hyper File 5.5 format to the HFSQL Classic format.
MySource (Reserved word)
MySource is used to handle the current data source (file, view or query) associated with a report or with a table based on a data file...
HMigrateLinkedCompositeKey (Function)
Migrates the values of the linked composite keys coming from a file in Hyper File 5.5 format to the HFSQL Classic format.
GDPR (Property)
The GDPR property is used to: find out if the GDPR applies to an item from a data file. define whether the GDPR should apply to an item (in the item description in the code only)....
InfoVersion (Type of variable)
The InfoVersion type is used to find out the characteristics of a specific application version.