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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...
fWrite (Example)
Usage example of the fWrite function
Debugging without debugger
In some cases, running a program or a site with or without the debugger can produce different results......
fCurrentDir (Function)
Identifies or modifies the current directory.
fExeDir (Function)
Returns the directory from which the execution is started.
"Component.WDO" file
When generating the external component, two files are automatically created in the EXE directory of the current project......
CompleteDir (Function)
Adds a backslash to the end of a string, if necessary.
fReadLine (Example)
Usage example of the fReadLine function
WDLog: Saving HFSQL data files
WDLog allows you to save all the HFSQL data files used by a WINDEV or WEBDEV application......
GglUploadDocument (Function)
Uploads a document to the Google server.
fGraphicFilter (Example)
Usage example of the fGraphicFilter function
Custom-Notes
The custom-notes allow you to write down any ideas you want to remember, notes you must not forget, ......
Unicode in character strings
UNICODE is an encoding system that assigns a unique number to each character....
Search and full-text index
HFSQL proposes a quick search for character strings in the data......
<PDF reader>.AddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to all the pages of a PDF file in a PDF Reader control.
Generating a library
Generating a library consists in selecting the elements handled by this application (windows, reports, classes, sets of procedures, queries, data files......
Binding a Repositionable Note control to an item
HClose (Function)
Closes a data file or all the data files opened by the current user: all the corresponding physical data files are closed for the current user.
Extern (Reserved word)
EXTERN is used to...
XMLBuildString (Function)
Retrieves and formats the content of an XML document (created by XMLDocument and modified by the XML functions).
SpeechSynthesisReadText (Function)
Reads the specified text using the device's text-to-speech engine....
WDMap: Overview
WDMap is a tool used to view and handle a data file while developing an application......
<pdfPage variable>.AddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to a page of an existing PDF file.
SourceName (Property)
The SourceName property is used to: Get the name of the report data source. Change the report data source....
Printing a report (iPhone/iPad, Android or Universal Windows App)
When creating a report, the test of this report can be run from the report editor......
Component diagram
A component diagram shows the physical and static architecture of a system software......
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