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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...
The Flex control
The Flex control is used to display a Flash® animation created by a Flex editor in a WEBDEV page......
Test of a query
The query editor allows you to run the test of query result......
<pdfDocument variable>.AddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to all the pages of an existing PDF file.
Automated tests on an executable
WINDEV proposes to run the different project tests directly on the corresponding executable......
Printing a report in WINDEV
When creating a report, the test of this report can be run from the report editor......
Project elements
The project includes windows, reports, queries, help files, sets of procedures, ......
PDFAddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to all or some pages of an existing PDF file.
Detailed use of WINDEV FTP/RPC
Setups while taking the Push into account
The setup while taking the Push into account is used to deploy an application on all the client computers of a network from a single management computer......
Events associated with reports
The following events are associated to reports (order of appearance in the code editor)......
Break in a report
The break is used to group the records corresponding to a sort criterion......
Binding an Image control to an item
An Image control can correspond to an item found in a data file, in a query, ......
XMLExecuteXPath (Example)
Usage example of the XMLExecuteXPath function
Distributing an external component
Once the component has been created, tested and generated, it can be distributed to other developers......
pdfTextElement (Type of variable)
The pdfTextElement type is used to find out all the characteristics of a text element in a PDF page.
Differences and specific features of an HFSQL Client/Server application
The management mode of data files may have to be adapted when using an HFSQL Client/Server application......
WDAdminHF: Saving the databases
The remote HFSQL administrator allows you to create backups of HFSQL Client/Server data files......
Setup of a WEBDEV site: Creating library
A library (file with a WDL extension) is used to group the resources of the project (pages, queries, ......
WINDEV Mobile: Overview
WINDEV Mobile is a development environment for PC that allows you to develop......
Binding a Link control to an item
Hyper File functions available for backward compatibility
WDConver : Use in command line mode
Using WDConver in command line mode consists in running a conversion description created and saved with WDConver ("......
SpeechSynthesisInitialize (Function)
Initializes the parameters of speech synthesis for the current application.
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective......
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