ONLINE HELP
 WINDEVWEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE

Version: 2025

FAQ about Windows Vista and later
This help page presents a list of problems that may occur when using Windows Vista and later...
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...
Properties associated with the breaks of a Table control
Several properties can be used with the breaks found in a Table control......
Choosing the action associated with the link
You can associate an action with the link regardless of the type of link......
5. User Groupware in practice
Background image of multilingual window
In some cases, the background image of a window can contain a text (the application name, a specific caption, ......
9-slice scaling
The 9-slice scaling allows you to resize the images harmoniously......
6. Layouts
...Layouts are used to define several views of a window in the same project without duplicating the window....
10. Smart controls
Smart controls...
Looper: moves and gestures
In a mobile application, several options can be handled with the fingers, by performing specific movements......
Control tooltips (AAF)
In a WINDEV application, the user has the ability to add a tooltip on the controls......
"Debugger trace" pane
The "Debugger trace" shows the messages displayed in the trace window during the last application test......
Select query description window: Use
Let's see some operations specific to the description window of a select query......
Help: Summary table
In a WINDEV application, users have multiple help features at their disposal: Tooltip. Status bar. Help window. Advanced tooltip. Help page. HLP file....
The Scrollbar control
...The Scrollbar control is used to scroll objects (text, captions, etc....
FileToScreen (Function)
Automatically updates the controls in a window or page with: the values of the bound items in the current record (loaded in memory) of the data file described in the data model editor. the values of the bound WLanguage variables. This operation is performed regardless of the state of the controls (grayed, inactive or invisible)....
SchedulerTaskList (Function)
Retrieves the list of scheduled tasks.
Mobile User Groupware (Android and iOS)
WINDEV Mobile includes a User Groupware for Android and iOS applications......
"?" menu
WINDEV proposes a help menu adapted to your applications......
The Combo Box control
The "Combo Box" control is used to display a list of elements and to select an element from this list......
How to color a control with focus?
This help page explains how to highlight the control where the input is performed....
Spelling checker in the interface
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to use the OpenOffice spelling checker in your interfaces...
Internal component description
The description of an internal component can opened at any time......
End of Document block
The End of document block is run once at the end of the report execution......
Flexbox control description: General tab
In the "General" tab of the Flexbox control description window, you can view and change the options of the different controls integrated into a flexbox container......
HFSQL and Docker
Docker is a software platform that allows you to run applications in software containers on Linux (Docker runs like a daemon)......
User Groupware: Creating and installing the executable
The executable of an application that supports the User Groupware is a multi-instance executable....