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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).
diffApply (Function)
Applies a difference buffer to a specific buffer.
Programming charts
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile include a Chart control (that can be used in the window editor,...
Input suggestions in an Edit control
Implementing input suggestions in an Edit control is very simple......
Indirection operators
The { and } operators are used to access a control, a variable, a class member or a file item...
BrowsedFile (Property)
The BrowsedFile property gets and sets the data source used to display records in controls based...
Visible (Property)
The Visible property is used to: Find out whether an element is visible. Make an element...
ArrayAdd (Function)
Adds an element in last position: of a one-dimensional WLanguage array. of an advanced array...
ListInsert (Function)
Inserts an element into a List Box, ListView or Combo Box control populated programmatically.
ListAdd (Function)
Adds an element to a List Box, ListView or Combo Box control populated programmatically.
SQLInfo (Function)
Initializes the different SQL variables with information relative to the last query run.
EmailSendMessage (Function)
Sends an email using a given protocol (SMTP, MS Exchange, Lotus Notes, Outlook).
ControlVisible (Function)
Makes a control (or a group of controls) visible in a window. During this operation, an animation...
HExecuteQuery (Function)
Declares a query created in the query editor to the HFSQL engine and runs this query.
XMLRead (Function)
Returns the value of an XML element or the value of the attribute for an XML element.
XMLWrite (Function)
Creates or modifies the value of an XML element or the value of the attribute for an XML element.
SysIMEI (Function)
Returns the IMEI number of an Android phone.
CheckBoxDelete (Function)
Deletes an option from a Check Box control.
grDestinationImage (Function)
Defines an Image variable as destination of a chart.
RESTSend (Function)
Sends a REST request and waits for the server response.
FontMinSize (Property)
The FontMinSize property is used to get and change the minimum size of the font used in a Static...
NbPrintedRec (Property)
The NbPrintedRec property is used to determine the number of records already printed.
NbLabelCopy (Property)
The NbLabelCopy property is used to: Get the number of copies of identical labels. Change...
TextItemCompleted (Property)
The TextItemCompleted property is used to manage text items in an HFSQL data file.
DescribedName (Property)
The DescribedName property is used to handle the logical name of HFSQL data files (ignoring...
FileToMemoryList (Function)
Populates a List Box or Combo Box control programmatically with the records from a data file...