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 WINDEV, WEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE

Version: 2026
Format of the content in the text file
The text files created by WDMSG use a specific format...
<WLanguageCodeFormatting>.Format (Function)
Formats WLanguage code: coloring, normalized rewriting, indentation, translation.
Format (Property)
The Format property is used to define the data format of a data file.
<ANSI string>.Format (Function)
Formats a character string according to the selected options.
DurationToString (Function)
Converts a duration to a character string in the specified format.
RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
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.
  • area of transparency.
  • alpha channel.
DateToString (Function)
Converts:
  • a date to a string in the specified format.
  • a date time to a string in the specified format.
TimeToString (Function)
Converts a time to a string in the specified format.
Limitations of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile
fGraphicFilter (Function)
Returns the list of image formats supported by the current platform, in the format expected by the filter of fSelect.
<Unicode string>.RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
<Date type>.ToString (Function)
Converts:
  • a date to a string in the specified format.
  • a date time to a string in the specified format.
LengthToString (Function)
Converts a size in bytes to a string with human-readable units such as kilobytes, megabytes or terabytes.
DateTimeToString (Function)
Converts a DateTime to string in the specified format.
StringFormat (Function)
Formats a character string according to the selected options.
<ANSI string>.RegexMatch (Function)
Checks whether a string matches the format defined by a regular expression.
<DateTime type>.ToString (Function)
Converts a DateTime to string in the specified format.
<Duration type>.ToString (Function)
Converts a duration to a character string in the specified format.
zipFilter (Function)
Returns the list of archive formats supported by the current platform, in the format expected by the filter of fSelect.
MatchRegularExpression (Function)
Checks whether a character string matches a specific format and retrieves the different substrings that match the format.
ImageInfo (Function)
Retrieves the characteristics of an image file or the characteristics of a PDF file:
  • format.
  • width and height.
  • number of bits per pixel.
  • area of transparency.
The formatted display control
This control shows dates, times and currency values with the corresponding display format...
SQLColumnFormat (Function)
Returns the different types of columns supported:
<Word Processing>.Print (Function)
Prints the content of a Word Processing control in "docx" format.
<Word Processing>.ToImage (Function)
Exports a page from a Word Processing control in image format.
<Spreadsheet>.Save (Function)
Saves the content of a Spreadsheet control in a file in XLSX format.
<Icon variable>.SaveICO (Function)
Saves an image in icon format either in a file, or in memory.
<Table>.InsertColumn (Function)
Inserts elements in the format of columns into a horizontal Table control.
<Chart>.SaveBMP (Function)
Saves a chart that was previously drawn in a file in BMP format.
<Chart>.SaveEMF (Function)
Saves a chart that was drawn beforehand in a file in EMF format.
WHelp (Function)
Displays a file or a help page in HLP or CHM format.
Compress (Function)
Compresses a string or a memory block (buffer) in binary format.
ClipboardHeight (Function)
Calculates the height of an image (in bitmap format) found in the clipboard.
ClipboardWidth (Function)
Calculates the width of an image (in bitmap format) found in the clipboard.
OLESave (Function)
Saves the object found in an OLE control in binary format.
grSaveEMF (Function)
Saves a chart that was drawn beforehand in a file in EMF format.
grSaveBMP (Function)
Saves a chart that was previously drawn in a file in BMP format.
BurnerMediaType (Function)
Used to find out and modify the format of the CD or DVD to burn.
iPrintAreaRTF (Function)
Prints rich text format (RTF) in a rectangular area.
Language (Property)
The Language property is used to set the language used to compare and sort Unicode items (Unicode...
Changing the version of projects found in SCM
When several projects share elements in the same SCM, changing the version of WINDEV and WEBDEV...
LanguageDescribed (Property)
The LanguageDescribed property is used to set the language used to compare and sort Unicode items...
SpreadsheetLoad (Function)
Loads a file in XLSX format in a Spreadsheet control found in a window.
DocToImage (Function)
Exports a page found in a Word Processing document in image format.
<Spreadsheet>.Load (Function)
Loads a file in XLSX format in a Spreadsheet control found in a window.
RTFToText (Function)
Returns the text without the formatting characteristics specific to the RTF format.
ClipboardRTF (Function)
Retrieves an RTF string from the clipboard (the content of the clipboard is in RTF format).
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