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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).
AnchorRateRight (Property)
The AnchorRateRight property is used to: Find out the anchor rate when a control moves...
MongoFind (Function)
Finds documents in a MongoDB collection.
MongoInfo (Function)
Returns information about a MongoDB database.
MongoDeleteCollection (Function)
Deletes a collection from a MongoDB database.
ScrollBarShow (Function)
Displays (or not) a scrollbar in a WINDEV control (edit control or list box) even if no scrollbar...
Kanban control functions
The following functions handle Kanban controls......
DecryptAsymmetricEnveloped (Function)
Performs the asymmetric encryption of an envelope that has been encrypted...
Stack (Type of variable)
A Stack variable is a structured type that is used to group a set of elements of the same type.
List (Type of variable)
A List variable is a structured type that is used to group a set of elements of the same type.
Address (Type of variable)
The Address type is used to manipulate the address of a place or person.
Crosshair in a chart
In a Line chart, it may be difficult to read the value of axes for a point that is far...
ImageMode (Property)
The ImageMode property is used to get and change the display mode of an image in an Image control,...
BTLEGetAllCharacteristics (Function)
Retrieves all the characteristics (with the same identifier) associated with a BLE service.
AnchorRateHeight (Property)
The AnchorRateHeight property is used to: Find out the vertical anchor rate of a control....
gLink (Function)
Adds an "invisible" value into an element found in a List Box or Combo Box control. Function kept...
TableDisplay (Function)
Refreshes a Table or TeeeView Table control from a given position: for a control linked...
DateToString (Function)
Converts: a date to a string in the specified format. a date time to a string...
HImportXML (Function)
Imports an XML file into an HFSQL Classic or Client/Server data file (data file described...
EmailReadMessageHeader (Function)
Reads the header of an incoming email according to the protocol used (POP3 or IMAP, Lotus Notes...
EmailMsgError (Function)
Returns the message corresponding to the error identifier.
EmailReadNext (Function)
Reads the incoming email found after the current email according to the protocol (POP3 or IMAP, MS...
EmailReadFirst (Function)
Reads the first incoming email according to the protocol used (POP3 or IMAP, MS Exchange, Lotus...
SOAPEncodeResult (Function)
Used to configure the format of the value returned by the WINDEV SOAP server to the SOAP client...
HashCheckString (Function)
Checks the Hash of a character string for a specific type of algorithm.
HNext (Function)
Sets the position on the next data file record according to a browse item.