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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...
Multiselection (Property)
The Multiselection property gets and sets the selection mode: in a Table and TreeView Table...
HVersion (Function)
Used to find out: whether the content of a file was modified. whether the content of a file...
NetIPAddress (Function)
Returns the IP (Internet Protocol) address of a computer.
TableItemStatus (Function)
Returns the status of a node in a Treeview Table control: collapsed, expanded or not found.
HNbRec (Function)
Returns the number of records in a file, query or HFSQL view: active records, crossed records,...
XMLChild (Function)
Positions on the first child element of current element.
Use (Function)
Opens a WINDEV window and closes all the other windows that were opened beforehand.
TableMoveBranch (Function)
Moves the content of a row as well as its entire descending tree structure in a TreeView Table...
TableSwapBranch (Function)
Swaps the content of two rows (as well as their respective tree structure) in a TreeView Table...
<Organizer>.AddAppointment (Function)
Adds a new appointment to an Organizer control.
GenerateLorem (Function)
Generates a random "Lorem ipsum" text to temporarily populate a control with text, for example.
Assisted universal replication: specific features
EmailSend (Function)
Sends an email via the SMTP protocol while controlling the "buffer" of the email.
HBackward (Function)
Moves backward several records from the current position in the data file, according to a specified...
HForward (Function)
Moves several records forward from the current position in the data file, according to a specified...
zipExtractPath (Function)
Returns the path of a file found in the archive.
zipDeleteFile (Function)
Deletes a file from an archive.
<Organizer>.SelectMinus (Function)
Deselects an appointment from an Organizer control.
<Organizer>.Position (Function)
Displays an Organizer control from a specified date or returns the date of the first day...
DateToDayOfWeek (Function)
Returns the day of the week that corresponds to a given date.
ContinentList (Function)
Returns the list of continents.
Project managers: How to manage a development project?
The Control Centers in WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile provide project managers with several tools...
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Functions for managing tiles
The following functions are used to manage the tiles found in the Windows Store apps applications...