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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).
Brochure of new features: New WINDEV features
New features in WINDEV 28 presented in the New Features brochure....
InfoBuild (Function)
Displays a custom message in a system information window.
BCCapture (Function)
Decodes the information stored in a bar code by using the device camera (Android, iPhone, iPad).
HTrack (Function)
Starts tracking write actions (addition, modification or deletion) performed on a file found...
fEncrypt (Function)
Encrypts a file in binary or ASCII format.
FTPAttribute (Function)
Identifies the attributes of a file found on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
HHistoryModification (Function)
Returns the modifications performed on one or more items of a given record. The result can...
3. Managing a website
WEBDEV Tutorial - Website deployment Lesson 3 - Managing a website - 10 min
dChangeMode (Function)
Changes the drawing mode used by the drawing functions (dLine, dRectangle, ....).
TestWriteResult (Function)
Writes information or an error into the status report of a unit test, in the test editor.
MaskFormat (Function)
Formats a character string using an InputMask variable.
Remote WEBDEV administrator: Server parameters
The server administrator can define the server parameters via the remote administration tool......
ThreadWaitSignal (Function)
Locks the current thread until it receives a signal from another thread.
1. Examples provided with WINDEV Mobile
Multiline Zone control functions
Functions for handling Multiline Zone controls....
HInfoAnalysis (Function)
Returns information about an analysis (WDD file).
SysYRes (Function)
Returns the vertical screen resolution.
SMSReset (Function)
Resets all variables of SMS structure.
zipCompressionLevel (Function)
Changes the compression level used when creating an archive in ZIP format or in 7z format.
HChangePassword (Function)
Changes the password of an HFSQL Classic or HFSQL Client/Server data file....
MakeInteger (Function)
Builds a 4-byte integer from two 2-byte integers.
grDonutHolePercentage (Function)
Modifies the percentage corresponding to the radius of the hole in a Donut chart.
BTIsVisible (Function)
Used to find out whether a Bluetooth radio is visible.
EndService (Function)
Ends the execution of the current service.
LengthToString (Function)
Converts a size in bytes to a string with human-readable units such as kilobytes, megabytes...