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The UAC mechanism in Windows Vista (and later)
To increase security against worms and viruses, Windows Vista/7 implemented the UAC (User Account Control) mechanism...
Creating an executable: Manifest management
When running an executable, Windows Vista (and later) performs several checks regarding the rights of the current user via the UAC mechanism (User Account Control)...
Difference of behavior in Windows Vista (and later)
The test of your project was run using one of the Vista/7 test options...
Windows: What to bear in mind if your customers use Vista (and higher)
Windows Vista (and later) proposes several improvements...
<Window>.ChangeLayout (Function)
Applies a specific layout to: a window. an internal window....
SysWinActive (Function)
Returns the handle of the active window or activates a window.
nWDSetParentNext
Set the parent of the next window to open......
SourceWindow (Property)
The SourceWindow property is used to get the source of an internal window (i.e. the internal window displayed by the Internal Window control).
Creating help pages
A help system includes several pages......
Generating the setup program
The last wizard step for creating the setup program allows you to......
MyChildWindow (Reserved word)
MyChildWindow is used to handle the child window of the current window.
PreviousWin (Function)
Identifies the window that was in edit before the window that is currently in edit (for the same project).
<Window>.CurrentLayout (Function)
Returns the index of the current layout in the window or internal window.
Animation of controls
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to animate the controls found in a window......
<zipArchive variable>.AddDirectory (Function)
Adds all the files found in a directory and in its subdirectories into an archive and compresses them.
Testing a window
Testing a single window allows you to run the current window in WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile......
Error 305: The element does not exist in the window
Classes, members, methods and properties
A class is made of......
Close (External language)
Closes the current window and restores the context that existed before the window opening.
TraceDeleteAll (Function)
Clears the content of trace window opened in parallel with the current window.
SetFocus (Function)
Set focus: to a control (found in a window, in a page or in a frameset). to a window....
Importing a non-WINDEV window
You are interested by a window found in a non-WINDEV application?......
Interacting with the user
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to communicate with the user via dialog boxes......
MyLeftSlidingWindow (Reserved word)
MyLeftSlidingWindow is used to handle the left sliding window associated with the current window.
MyRightSlidingWindow (Reserved word)
MyRightSlidingWindow is used to handle the right sliding window associated with the current window.
TraceBuild (Function)
Displays a customizable message in the trace window opened in parallel with the current window.
Automated tests of window
The automated tests of window are used to check the different features proposed by the window......
<Window>.EnableDDW (Function)
Enables or disables the Dim Disabled Window (DDW) feature for a specific window:
User Groupware
A Windows application, an Internet or Intranet site require to define the role of different contributors......