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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.
ControlFindTextNext (Function)
Finds and selects the next element corresponding to the sought text in a window or in a control.
TextEllipsis (Function)
Returns the text with ellipsis displayed in an Edit, Combo Box or Static control.
TokenEnabled (Property)
The TokenEnabled property determines if an Edit control is a "Text token" Edit control.
pdfTextElement (Type of variable)
The pdfTextElement type is used to find out all the characteristics of a text element in a PDF...
HTMLEditorInsert (Function)
Inserts text or HTML code at the cursor position in an HTML Editor control.
<HTML editor>.Insert (Function)
Inserts text or HTML code at the cursor position in an HTML Editor control.
<Source>.ListSynonym (Function)
Returns the list of synonyms used by a full-text index.
TextItemCompleted (Property)
The TextItemCompleted property is used to manage text items in an HFSQL data file.
gCoord (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to define the position of the input cursor for a text.
AnimationSetMode (Function)
Changes the type of animation: for an image in an Image control. for a text in a static...
DocPositionTopPage (Function)
Returns the position of the first character in a given page in a Text Processing control.
<Connection variable>.RetrieveLog (Function)
Creates a text file containing the server logs between two given dates.
VerticalAlignment (Property)
... or text.
Margin (Property)
The Property HEX@ allows you to define the size of a HEX@ , for example around a text.
WDMSG
You can create multilingual projects in WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile......
The Captcha control
The "captcha" are the distorted texts that the Web user must decode and re-enter in a site...
HDescribeFullTextIndex (Function)
Describes a full-text index of data file created through programming.
Hint (Property)
The Hint property gets and sets the hint text displayed when the Edit control is empty.
gFontUnderlined (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters to specify whether or not the text that follows the call...
CertificateSignFile (Function)
Creates the signature of a file. This signature can be stored in a Buffer variable or in a text...
HintTextColor (Property)
The HintTextColor property is used to get and change the hint text color of an Edit control.
DocPosition (Function)
Triggers the scroll of Word Processing control in order for the requested text to be entirely...
HListStopWord (Function)
Returns the list of stop words used by a full-text index.
BottomIndent (Property)
The BottomIndent property gets and sets the space at the bottom of the text (bottom margin)...
docElementText (Type of variable)
The DocElementText type is used to handle the characteristics of a Text element found...
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