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Version: 2026

Sitemap file for Google
To better analyze the content of the sites, the search engine of Google uses an XML file named "Sitemap" (if it is available)...
Analysis: Description of data file structure
The analysis allows you to define the structure of data files used by the project...
Uploading files
Uploading consists in saving a file located on the user's computer to a web server...
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 websites...
FileToURI (Function)
Saves the contents of a file to a resource identified by its URI.
How to loop through the files of a directory?
This help page presents the different methods that can be used to loop through the files of a directory.
Custom-Folders in the analysis
Several file descriptions can be grouped into a "Custom-Folder"...
OLECreateCopy (Function)
Associates an OLE control with an OLE object while specifying a base file.
grDestinationBMP (Function)
Defines a BitMap file as destination of a chart (BMP means BitMap).
HDBDescribeFile (Function)
Describes a file in dBase3 format (most common format) through programming.
HDeclare (Function)
Declares a description of data file (found in an analysis) in the current project.
zipExtractFile (Function)
Extracts a file from an archive and automatically decompresses it to a physical location...
HInfoFileProperty (Function)
Allows you to find out the properties of a data file located in an HFSQL server.
LooperToWord (Function)
Creates a Word file (.RTF) using the data from a Looper control.
HReadPrevious (Function)
Sets the position on the previous record of a file according to a browse item.
<Table>.ToExcel (Function)
Creates an Excel file with the data from a Table or TreeView Table control.
<PDF reader>.AddWatermark (Function)
Adds a watermark to all the pages of a PDF file in a PDF Reader control.
Parameters of the procedure used by fReadLine
WLanguage procedure ("Callback") called by fReadLine for each line read in the file.
fSaveBuffer (Function)
Creates and fills a text file with the content of a string or buffer variable.
fLoadBuffer (Function)
Loads the content of an external file (text, image, ...) in a buffer variable.
DriveRecoverFile (Function)
Retrieves a file from an Drive (remote disk) and saves it on the user's workstation....
DriveSendFile (Function)
Sends a file (present on the user's machine) to an Drive (remote disk)....
<Variable DiskFile>.Open (Function)
Opens an external file (ANSI or UNICODE) in order to handle it through programming.
<Variable Drive>SendFile (Function)
Sends a file (present on the user's machine) to an Drive (remote disk)....
<Variable Drive>RetrieveFile (Function)
Retrieves a file from an Drive (remote disk) and saves it on the user's workstation....
Runtime log
The runtime log is the best way to identify the most used features of an application......
Managing the certificates
Signing a file allows you to check that the file was not modified or altered since it was signed....
WDMSG
You can create multilingual projects in WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile......
<Source>.ListItem (Function)
Returns the list of items in a data file (query or view) recognized by the HFSQL engine. The data...
HRecreateSubscriberReplica (Function)
Re-creates the description file of a subscriber replica (universal replication only) according...
Custom style sheet
When creating a project, a blank custom style sheet is created and associated with the current...
The Upload control
The Upload control is used to upload files on the Web server......