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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...
eToEuro (Function)
Converts to Euro a value expressed in a specific currency.
The Edit control
The Edit control allows users to enter data......
Report based on a Table control
A report based on a Table control is used to directly print the information displayed in the Table...
Appendix 3: Configuration file
Bloque entièrement ou partiellement un fichier externe....
TableAddLineWithAnimation (Function)
Adds a row to a Table or TreeView Table control with an animation.
BeaconDetectBackground (Function)
Notifies the application when the device enters or leaves the transmission range of a set...
WEBDEV administrator: Installed sites
The "Sites" tab gives information about the dynamic WEBDEV sites installed on the computer......
Help: Summary table
In a WINDEV application, users have multiple help features at their disposal: Tooltip. Status...
Fixed array (Type of variable)
A fixed array is an "advanced" type of array...
eChangeCurrency (Function)
Converts a currency into another currency.
Managing cookies
A cookie is an easy way to temporarily store information on the user's computer......
eToCurrency (Function)
Converts a value expressed in Euro into another currency.
Report based on a Looper control
A report based on a Looper control is used to directly print the information displayed...
The Radio Button control
The Radio Button control is a control allowing the user to select an option among several ones......
Conditions for updating an application automatically (Live update)
Whenever the application is modified on the development computer (modifications of windows, code,...
Gantt Chart report
The report editor gives you the ability to create "Gantt Chart" reports......
The Table control
The Table control is used to simplify the display and the input of information stored in memory...
The Linear Looper control
A Linear Looper control is used to display a set of controls in a horizontal scrolling list......
COMCallMethod (Function)
Runs a method of an interface of a COM object instantiated by COMCreateInstance.
The Rating control
The Rating control allows the user to: indicate the popularity level of an element via repeated...
Report viewer (Print preview)
The report viewer allows you to see the report layout without printing it......
Providing an image per DPI
On mobile, when displaying images, each device has its own physical size and its own graphic...
TableInsertLineWithAnimation (Function)
Inserts a row into a Table control or into a TreeView Table control with an animation.
TraceBuild (Function)
Displays a customizable message in the trace window opened in parallel with the current window.
Constants for WLanguage types
List of constants for managing WLanguage types....