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Version: 2026

How to write into a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to write into a text or CSV file.
How to read in a text or CSV file?
This help page explains how to read the content of a text or CSV file.
Text (Property)
The Text property gets and sets text.
fInsertTextAtBeginning (Function)
Inserts text at the beginning of a file without overwriting the existing text.
<Image>AnimationGetParameter (Function)
Reads the value of one of the animation parameters defined for an Image field.
<Image variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type Image.
<WDPic variable>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in a WDPic variable.
<picLayer variable>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws an RTF text in a picLayer variable.
TextToHTML (Function)
Converts a text string into an HTML string (carriage returns are replaced by <BR>accents are replaced by their HTML equivalent, ...).
<Image>.TextWidth (Function)
Calculates text width in pixels.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
<Image>.TextHeight (Function)
Calculates text height in pixels.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
<picLayer variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type picLayer.
Using Unicode in HFSQL data files
The analysis proposes two types of Unicode items ...
<Libellé>.AnimationGetParameter (Function)
Reads the value of one of the animation parameters defined for a Static Text control.
<WDPic variable>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in a variable of type WDPic.
<Libellé>AnimationSetParameter (Function)
Changes one of the animation parameters used for animated text (in a Static Text control).
fLoadText (Function)
Loads the contents of a text file into any text field or variable (string variable, window edit control, report label field, etc.).
<WDPic variable>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws an RTF text in a WDPic variable.
HTMLToText (Function)
Converts an HTML string or buffer to text.
<Image>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws RTF text in an Image control.
<picLayer variable>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in a picLayer variable.
Analysis editor: the different types of sections
The different types of items proposed in the data model editor are as follows:
dText (Function)
Draws a text:
  • in an Image control,
  • in an Image variable,
  • in a WDPic variable (on the background layer),
  • in a picLayer variable.
ClipboardUnicode (Function)
Returns the text found in the clipboard in Unicode format.
dTextRTF (Function)
Draws RTF text:
  • in an Image control,
  • in an Image variable.
dTextWidth (Function)
Calculates text width in pixels.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
fAddText (Function)
Adds the content of a character string at the end of a file.
dTextHeight (Function)
Calculates text height in pixels.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
dTextHTML (Function)
Draws HTML text:
  • in an Image control,
  • in an Image variable.
  • in a WDPic variable (on the background layer),
  • in a picLayer variable.
<Image variable>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in an Image variable.
<Image>.DrawText (Function)
Draws a text in an Image control.
<Image variable>.DrawTextRTF (Function)
Draws an RTF text in an Image variable.
<Image>.AnimationSetParameter (Function)
Changes one of the animation parameters used for a moving image (in an Image field).
<Image>.DrawTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text in an Image control.
AnimationSetParameter (Function)
Changes one of the animation parameters used for:
  • an animated image (in an Image control),
  • an animated text (in a Static Text control).
AnimationGetParameter (Function)
Reads the value of one of the animation parameters defined for an Image or Static Text control.
Clipboard (Function)
Retrieves the text or image found in the system clipboard.
ClipboardRTF (Function)
Retrieves an RTF string from the clipboard (the content of the clipboard is in RTF).
dTextMarkdown (Function)
Draws Markdown text:
  • in an Image control,
  • in an Image variable,
  • in a WDPic variable (on the background layer),
  • in a picLayer variable.
DictionaryLoad (Function)
Indicates and loads the dictionary corresponding to a given language.
Project Management Hub: Overview
The Project Management Hub is used to organize and schedule a project, from design to delivery......
RightToLeft (Property)
The RightToLeft property is used to get the writing direction on a control, column, window...
Report viewer: "Find" tab
A search feature is automatically available when previewing a report......
docColumn (Type of variable)
The docColumn type is used to define the advanced characteristics of a table column found in a Word...
iSelectFont (Function)
Creates a new print font from the standard window for font selection...
Native Sybase Connector: Specific features and remarks
The following paragraphs present the main aspects and specific features of the Native Sybase...
Manipulating WEBDEV menu options
The context menu of menu options allows you to perform all the operations required to define...
The Flex control
The Flex control is used to display a Flash® animation created by a Flex editor in a WEBDEV page......
Objective C: Calling a WLanguage procedure
A global procedure in WLanguage can be directly called from the code of a global procedure...
Word Processing control events
WINDEV manages the following events by default......
xpathResult (Type of variable)
The xpathResult type is used it find out the result of the execution of an XPATH query.
Confirm (Function)
Displays a message in a standard dialog box that proposes "Yes", "No", "Cancel" and returns...
Native Informix Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The use of SQL functions to manipulate Informix data does not require importing the file structure...
Native Sybase Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The use of SQL functions to handle Sybase data does not require importing the file structure...
MemCreate (Function)
Creates a memory area.
Message (Function)
Displays or removes a message from the status bar of the current window or browser.
WINDEV Mobile: Overview
WINDEV Mobile is a development environment for PC that allows you to develop......
Handling Mobile Image Editor controls programmatically
WINDEV Mobile allows you to programmatically handle Mobile Image Editor controls......
Copying controls from the window editor
The controls can be copied from the window editor......
Managing cookies
A cookie is an easy way to temporarily store information on the user's computer......
Project anomalies: dead code and orphan elements
...WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to easily detect these "dead codes" and "orphan"...
Structure of log files (HFSQL Client/Server)
The following files are automatically created when logging an HFSQL Client/Server data file......
Flexbox control description: General tab
In the "General" tab of the Flexbox control description window, you can view and change the options...
DialogAsynchronous (Function)
Displays a non-blocking message box and calls a WLanguage procedure with the value of the button...