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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).
GalleryDisplayPopup (Function)
Displays the automatic zoom popup for the Image Gallery control.
GalleryClosePopup (Function)
Closes the automatic zoom popup for the image gallery.
Native Oracle Connector for WINDEV and WEBDEV
WINDEV and WEBDEV support an optional Native Oracle Connector (also called Native Oracle Access......
BTInfoDevice (Function)
Returns specific information about a Bluetooth device.
iColumnEnd (Function)
Forces a column break in a multi-column report.
iColumnNum (Function)
Returns the number of the current column in a multi-column report.
dbgWriteWarningAudit (Function)
Writes a custom runtime warning into the dynamic audit.
tapiLineDial (Function)
Dials a phone number for a voice line and chooses the device to use.
grSourceCategoryLabel (Function)
Defines the source of the category labels.
PythonInitialize (Function)
Specifies the location of the Python DLL to be loaded.
HStatTime (Function)
Returns the time of the last update for the index statistics.
ChronoResume (Function)
Restarts a stopwatch that was stopped by ChronoEnd or ChronoPause.
HTTPSendForm (Function)
Sends an HTTP form.
iSequencingPrint (Function)
Prints a sequence of reports.
Info (Function)
Displays a custom message in a system information window.
WorkingDirectory (Property)
The WorkingDirectory property is used to: get or change the directory used by the HTML Editor...
Sound (Function)
Plays a sound in WAV format.
HourGlass (Function)
Transforms the mouse cursor into hourglass (and conversely). In Android and iOS, displays...
UUDecode (Function)
Decodes a character string in UUEncode format.
PDFReaderOpen (Function)
Opens a PDF file displayed in a PDF Reader control.
DateToDayInAlpha (Function)
Returns the name of the day that corresponds to a specified date.
HNoDatabaseAccess (Function)
Denies all new connections to a database or to all databases.
Wait (Function)
Temporarily stops the program execution.
XMLExtractString (Function)
Extracts the content of a tag found in an XML document.
WordToArray (Function)
Fills an array with the words from a string.