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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).
AnimationGetParameter (Function)
Reads the value of one of the animation parameters defined for an Image or Static control.
Handling Kanban controls programmatically
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to programmatically handle Kanban controls......
mongoGridFS (Type of variable)
The mongoGridFS type is used to define the advanced characteristics of a file system for a MongoDB...
EventTimeline (Type of variable)
The EventTimeline type is used to define the advanced characteristics of an event displayed...
Enumeration (Type of variable)
An enumeration is a set of values......
Type inference
The type inference is used to simplify the declaration of variables when the variable type can...
GanttTask (Type of variable)
The GanttTask type is used to define the advanced characteristics of a task for a Gantt chart.
WebserviceWriteHTTPCode (Function)
Specifies the HTTP code that will be returned at the end of the execution of the REST Webservice...
Programming custom calculations in Table controls
MySelf (Reserved word)
MySelf is used to handle the current control...
Native Progress Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use a Progress database with the Native Connector, you must ......
Month (Property)
The Month property is used to: Retrieve the month from a Date or DateTime variable. Modify...
Server (Property)
The Server property is used to manage the data source of a connection (HFSQL Client/Server, OLE DB,...
Locking data files: correspondence between WINDEV 5.5 and the later versions
HCreateView (Function)
Creates an HFSQL view. This function uses the former view mechanism....
Describing an element
A flexible modeling includes different elements linked together......
emailSMTPSession (Type of variable)
The emailSMTPSession type is used to access a messaging server by using the SMTP protocol (Simple...
AuthIdentify (Function)
Performs an authentication using the OAuth 2.0 protocol on any webservice.
Creating a window skin template
H.LanguageCreationUnicode (Variable)
Allows you to define the characteristics of the sort for the Unicode items found in a data file.
Marker (Type of variable)
The Marker type is used to define the characteristics of a marker that must be positioned on a map...
Constants for encryption/compression
List of constants used by the encryption/compression functions...
HAdd (Function)
Adds: the record found in memory into the data file (query or view). the record found...
Characteristics of Table controls in a window
Table controls allow you to display and/or enter data......
AppointmentAdd (Function)
Adds an appointment: in a Lotus Notes or Outlook calendar. in a calendar on a mobile device...