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Version: 2025

Project functions
List of functions for managing projects
Associating documents with the project
To describe a project in detail, you can associate documents with it...
Cleaning the project
After months or years of development and maintenance, the directory of your project often contains several files that are not used anymore but that you don't dare delete...
Making a backup of a project
It is possible to regularly make a backup of the different elements of a project...
Project anomalies: dead code and orphan elements
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to easily detect these "dead codes" and "orphan" elements.
Renaming a project
Renaming a project is used ton modify the name of the project. All the elements linked to the project before it is renamed are kept.
Environment of the project editor
The main elements of the project editor are as follows:
Importing elements into a project
All the elements of a project (windows, reports, classes, sets of procedures, queries...
Project Management Hub: Schedule management
The project contributors can manage their tasks directly from the schedule or from the task list...
Creating a Java project
WINDEV allows you to generate a Java application without even knowing the Java language...
Project elements
The project includes windows, reports, queries, help files, sets of procedures, ...
Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Recompiling the project
The project compilation is a process used to...
Importing a WINDEV/WINDEV Mobile project and its elements
A WINDEV project and all its elements compatible with WINDEV Mobile (analysis, windows, classes, sets of procedures, queries, ...
Common project
Projects are often cross-platform...
Transforming a WINDEV project into Mobile: a detailed audit
Transforming WINDEV applications into Mobile is very easy...
Project compilation: Warning, Error, Information, Programming standard...
When developing a project, the project is compiled on a regular basis.
Testing a static project
The test of the entire project allows simulating the startup of the site...
Restoring a project backup
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to regularly save the different elements of your project in an archive file (ZIP extension)...
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...
Handling the versions of a window, report, query or project
When creating and developing the different elements of a project (window, query, report, project, ...
Duplicating a project
Duplicating a project allows you to have two identical projects with the same name but found in different directories...
Custom-Folders
"Custom-Folders" simplify the organization of projects, allowing you to group the elements of your application by themes...
Time management
For each element (windows, reports, ...
Carrying over the differences from an element to another one
The project comparator is used to compare two elements and to list the differences found...
Using several libraries in an application
A library is a WDL file that contains all the resources...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Automated tests on an executable
WINDEV allows you to test a project using the corresponding executable...
"About" window
The "About" window is used to display and access various information about the current application...
Opening a help file (CHM, HTML or PDF)
There are several ways to open a help file...
Creating an application that manages the Euro
The method for creating an application supporting the switch to the Euro is as simple as the method for creating a WINDEV application.
The "Favorites" pane
The "Favorites" pane gives direct access to the favorites of your project...
Exporting elements to a directory
All the elements handled by a project (window, report, classes, set of procedures, queries, ...
Business rules
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to manage the business rules...
Global procedure/function
A global procedure can be used in all the processes or events of the project.
Execution platform
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for different families of products...
FishEye
The "FishEye" effect is used to enlarge a section of editor graphs (analysis graph, UML graph, ...
Test of a WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile application
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile feature multiple methods to test applications...
Site testing: the different types of tests available
WEBDEV includes multiple methods for testing your sites...
RETURN statement
The RETURN statement is used to exit the current event, process or procedure and return a result...
HTTPRequest (Function)
Starts an HTTP request on a server.
NextTitle (Function)
Modifies the title of next window to open.
The Active WEBDEV Pages
You want to reference several pages of your WEBDEV site?......
eExchangeRate (Function)
Returns the value of the exchange rate for a currency.
SaveParameter (Function)
Saves a persistent value in the registry or in another file specified by InitParameter.
Menu option: operation performed and action
An option of a drop-down or context menu in a page can be associated with an action......
HFSQL Client/Server: Configuring the data files on the server
WDConver : Overview
WDConver is a tool used to convert data to an HFSQL Classic data file from......
Reports & Queries: Specific features
This help page presents the specific features of "Reports & Queries" (which means the user version...
Communicating with the Web user
From now on, with the new Web technologies, the sites can look more like Windows applications...
29. SEO in practice
Designing a supercontrol
A supercontrol is an advanced type of control......
Native Informix Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use an Informix database with the Native Connector, import the structure of Informix tables...
Responsive Web Design: Managing a header bar
This help page explains how to create a page containing a header bar in Responsive Web Design...
Handling a report (in the editor)
Once a report was created, the description of this report can be modified at any time......
6. Chart and Pivot Table
WINDEV Tutorial: WINDEV application: Managing data Lesson 6 - Chart and Pivot Table - 30 min
Native PostgreSQL Connector for WINDEV and WEBDEV
WINDEV and WEBDEV propose a Native Connector to PostgreSQL......
Display the code of an element
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow the use of event-driven and object-oriented programming......
The Switch control
Switch controls (also called "Toggle controls") are now commonly used in interfaces......
Creating a combining query
A combining query (corresponding SQL statement: UNION) ......
Logical operators
The logical operators are as follows......
Native DB2 Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use a DB2 database with Native Connector, the structure of DB2 tables must be imported...
Native Sybase Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use a Sybase database with Native Connector, the structure of Sybase tables must be imported...
Animation management functions
WINDEV proposes several WLanguage functions for managing animations......
eCurrencyName (Function)
Returns the caption of a currency.