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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.
Native Oracle Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The SQL functions can be used to handle the ORACLE database, regardless of whether WDORAINS is used...
Printing bar codes
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to print bar codes....
WINDEV and OPC
OPC stands for "OLE for Process Control"......
Writing an email
Writing an email in WLanguage consists in filling the email structure of WLanguage......
Handling controls in a report
The different operations available for the report controls are as follows......
WINDEV Mobile License Agreement
WINDEV Mobile License Agreement...
emailAttach (Type of variable)
The emailAttach type is used to handle an attachment.
Installing and starting WDTRAD
hFileParameter (Type of variable)
The hFileParameter type is used to define the data files taken into account by a scheduled...
Native MariaDB Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The SQL functions can be used to handle the MariaDB database......
xmlReader (Type of variable)
The xmlReader type is used to read an XML document without loading it in memory.
Compilation options (HLP format)
AAF: Handling the columns of a Table control
The Table controls displayed in a window allow the end user to perform several operations......
Native MySQL Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The SQL functions can be used to handle the MySQL database......
HFSQL properties
List of HFSQL properties...
Message (Property)
The Message property is used to: Find out the help message associated with a control...
ExceptionThrow (Function)
Artificially triggers the security mechanism of WLanguage by throwing an exception.
Printing the content of a table (AAF)
A Table control proposes an automatic popup menu allowing the user to perform several operations...
notificationAction (Type of variable)
The notificationAction type is used to describe an additional action associated...
Create the help system in WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile
These are the main steps to create a help file (HTML, CHM or PDF)......
Creating help pages
A help system includes several pages......
DndSource (Property)
The DndSource property is used to determine and change a control's drag-and-drop behavior....
Trace (Function)
Displays the requested information (content of a control, for example) in a window opened next...
Drawing in WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile include several functions for displaying, drawing, copying...
Diagram Editor control events
WINDEV manages the following events by default (in the order in which they appear in the code...