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Version: 2025

Application installation: single-user or network?
WINDEV proposes several types of setup for a WINDEV application...
Changing an application to 64-bit
WINDEV allows you to develop 64-bit applications...
.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...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Application patch
Once an application was installed, the application library had to be reinstalled whenever a modification was performed (WDL file)...
Performance profiler
The performance profiler is a tool for checking and optimizing the execution time of your application...
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...
Setup in MSI format
You can create MSI installers...
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,.
JITc
The principle of JITc technology (Just In Time Compilation) is straightforward...
Keyboard shortcuts
The main keyboard shortcuts in the editors are as follows...
Developing applications for Android
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for the Android operating system...
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).
Generating and deploying 64-bit applications
WINDEV allows you to automatically generate and install a 64-bit application.
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).
WebserviceClientIPAddress (Function)
Returns the IP address of the computer using and calling the Webservice.
ListSelectPlus (Function)
Selects one or more elements in a List Box, ListView or Combo Box control.
fUnlock (Function)
Entirely or partially unlocks an external file.
HTTPGetResult (Function)
Retrieves the result or the header of last HTTP request run.
EmailReadPrevious (Function)
Reads the email found before the current email according to the protocol used (POP3 or IMAP, MS...
FileToMemory (Function)
Automatically initializes the values of the members found in a class or in a structure...
EmailCloseSession (Function)
Closes an email management session depending on the selected mode (SMTP/POP3, IMAP, MS Exchange...
Options for generating the HTML pages
The options for generating the HTML pages in a WEBDEV project can be defined......
sfProcessWorkItemRequest (Type of variable)
The sfProcessWorkItemRequest type is used to describe a query for processing a task to submit...
sfDeleteResult (Type of variable)
The sfDeleteResult type is used to find out the result of SFDelete...
TableRestorePositionAndSelection (Function)
Restores the scrollbar position in a Table or TreeView Table control as well as the selected...
HAddTask (Function)
Adds a scheduled task on the server defined by the connection.
ExtractString (Function)
Allows you to: extract a substring from a string based on a specified string separator....
AssistedInputAdd (Function)
Adds a row to the list of values available in the autocomplete suggestions of an Edit control.
SchedulerPositionDateTime
Displays a Scheduler control from a specified date or returns the date of the first day (or last...
WithClosingButton (Property)
The WithClosingButton property is used to: Determine whether all the tabs of a Dynamic Tab...
WinRefreshVisible (Function)
Modifies or returns the visibility state of the refresh bar in a window.
TestCheckEqual (Function)
Checks whether the expressions are equal in assertive programming and in automated test mode.
Install WDTRAD
WDTRAD is automatically installed along with WDMSG and/or WDINT....
Assignment of RETURN
The return value of the process currently run can be assigned...
DescribedPhysicalName (Property)
The DescribedPhysicalName property is used to manage the physical name of HFSQL data files.
Dimension (Function)
Returns the size of a variable (string, numeric, array, ...) or resizes a dynamic array.
MatNbColumn (Function)
Returns the number of columns found in a matrix.
MatNbLine (Function)
Returns the number of rows found in a matrix.
MatFill (Function)
Initializes all the elements found in a matrix of a given size.