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Version: 2025

Application installation: single-user or network?
WINDEV proposes several types of setup for a WINDEV application...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
.NET application
To create a.NET application from a project...
Deploying an application that uses an external component
An application that uses one or more external components is deployed in the same way as a standard application...
Changing an application to 64-bit
WINDEV allows you to develop 64-bit applications...
Application patch
Once an application was installed, the application library had to be reinstalled whenever a modification was performed (WDL file)...
Keyboard shortcuts
The main keyboard shortcuts in the editors are as follows...
Creating and deploying the installation program: How do you do it?
Creating the setup program allows you to deploy a WINDEV application on the end-user computers...
geoRunApp (Function)
Starts the device's native maps application to display:
  • a specific geographical location,
  • a route between two locations.
Custom tooltips
Tooltips are very useful for application users...
Local network (LAN) setup
Deploying a setup on a local area network (LAN) involves installing and updating a WINDEV application via a reference server,.
Developing applications for Android
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for the Android operating system...
Performance profiler
The performance profiler is a tool for checking and optimizing the execution time of your application...
Generating and deploying 64-bit applications
WINDEV allows you to automatically generate and install a 64-bit application.
Setup in MSI format
You can create MSI installers...
Setup by HTTP (Network setup via IP)
The network setup via HTTP consists in installing and updating a WINDEV application via an HTTP server (Live update)...
Creating a WINDEV Mobile project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
MSIX installation packages
Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Same source code for 32 and 64-bit applications
The 64-bit operating systems are starting to appear on the PCs and on the servers...
AppDetectUPDAvailable (Function)
Disables or customizes the automatic check for available updates.
How to create a patch?
Closes a WINDEV window (and returns a value if necessary).
SMSRunApp (Function)
Starts the native application for sending SMSs found on the device (Android or iPhone/iPad).
RETURN statement
The RETURN statement is used to exit the current event, process or procedure and return a result...
EmailRunApp (Function)
Starts the native email application on the current computer:
  • Computer running Windows,
  • Mobile device (Android, iPhone, iPad).
JITc
The principle of JITc technology (Just In Time Compilation) is straightforward...
HListConnection (Function)
Returns the list of connections currently described in the application.
InKioskMode (Function)
Indicates whether the Android application is in kiosk mode.
DownloadList (Function)
Lists the downloads from the current application in the download manager.
gpwLogin (Function)
Connects a user to an application that is using the User Groupware.
ExePriority (Function)
Returns or modifies the priority of an application currently run.
Referring to an element in a WLanguage event / process
KioskEnable (Function)
Switches the current Android application to kiosk mode.
<WBAdminAuth variable>.DeleteAccount (Function)
Deletes a WEBDEV account from a WEBDEV Application Server.
<WBAdminAuth variable>.CreateAccount (Function)
Creates a WEBDEV account on a WEBDEV Application Server.
WBAdminCreateAccount (Function)
Creates a WEBDEV account on a WEBDEV Application Server.
WBAdminDeleteAccount (Function)
Deletes a WEBDEV account from a WEBDEV Application Server.
Feedback component
The Feedback component is a component provided with WINDEV......
WDInst: advanced options for the network setup
The advanced options of the network setup are used to......
Remote check: Customizing with a window
To customize the remote control performed on a multi-user WINDEV application, the standard window...
Customizing the system information windows (or dialog boxes)
in your project? Why not customize these windows and give them the "appearance" of your application?......
UMC: Implementing and managing the "User Macro-Codes"
Regardless of the skill of the development team, the end user will always want to do something...
LockAppTimeout (Function)
Returns or modifies the idle time before a WINDEV application is locked.
AppUPDAvailable (Function)
Allows you to find out whether an update is available for the specified application.
ConfigureAAF (Function)
Used to specify the behavior of some Automatic Application Features (AAF).
VibrationStop (Function)
Stops the vibrations of the device (even if they have been triggered by another application).
SysThumbnailModifyButton (Function)
Modifies one of the buttons found on the application thumbnail in the taskbar.
SysThumbnailDeleteButton (Function)
Deletes one of the buttons found in the thumbnail of the application from the taskbar.
fResourceDir (Function)
Returns the path of the read-only resources of the application.
inAppConsumeProduct (Function)
Used to consume, in an application, a product that was previously purchased by the user.