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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).
Configuring the "Relative duration" mask (date and time in natural language)
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile propose to use a "Relative duration" display mask for the Date...
MenuInvisible (Function)
Makes a menu option invisible (popup menu or drop-down menu).
ControlError (Function)
Customizes the value displayed in the controls when the value cannot be displayed.
The "Area" charts
The Area chart is used to highlight the amplitude of a change......
AnchorRateWidth (Property)
The AnchorRateWidth property is used to: Find out the anchor rate when a control (or a table...
TableSort (Function)
Sorts a Table or TreeView Table control on one or more columns (lexicographical sort).
TableModifyLine (Function)
Modifies a row in: a Table control, a TreeView Table control....
HCross (Function)
Crosses a record in a data file.
grCreate (Function)
Creates a specific type of chart.
sfUserInfo (Type of variable)
The sfUserInfo type is used to get information about a user...
MaskTitleDate (Property)
The MaskTitleDate property is used to identify and change the input mask used for the title of day...
WDAdminHF: Managing a database
The remote HFSQL administrator proposes a full management of the HFSQL Client/Server databases......
grSeriesOpacity (Function)
Modifies the opacity factor of a series in a chart.
Height (Property)
The Height property is used to get and change the height: of a control or block in a report....
Y (Property)
The Y property is used to: Find out the Y-coordinate of a control or window (position...
Control constants
List of constants used by the functions for managing controls...
ListSeek (Function)
Searches for an element in a List Box, ListView or Combo Box control (including the values...
ReturnToCapture (Function)
Stops the current process and forces the input in the specified control, window or page.
Using the Vista style in your windows
WINDEV allows you to customize......
The List Box control
The List Box control is used to display a list of elements and to select one or more elements...
HDescribeFile (Function)
Describes a data file programmatically.
NULL values in HFSQL
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to manage the NULL value in the items of HFSQL data...
Managing the replications of HFSQL servers (Control Center)
The HFSQL Control Center is used to create, configure and manage the replications between HFSQL...
Image (Property)
The Image property gets and sets the background image of a control or block.
Extensions of files created by WINDEV, WEBDEV, WINDEV Mobile
The table below presents the main extensions of files created and supported by WINDEV, WEBDEV...