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Version: 2025

Project with multiple analyses
A single WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile project can now use multiple analyses (data descriptions)...
Project functions
List of functions for managing projects
Project configuration
Project configurations allow you to adapt the same project to multiple "targets"...
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.
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...
Associating documents with the project
To describe a project in detail, you can associate documents with it...
Project image gallery
The project image gallery allows viewing all the images of a project in a single click...
Environment of the project editor
The main elements of the project editor are as follows:
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.
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, ...
Debugger: Step-by-step project execution
Running a project step-by-step allows you to start the debugger when launching the application...
Project dashboard
The project dashboard provides an overall view of project status via different widgets....
Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
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, ...
Recompiling the project
The project compilation is a process used to...
Project Management Hub: Presentation
The Project Management Hub is used to organize and schedule a project, from design to delivery...
Common project
Projects are often cross-platform...
Transforming a WINDEV project into Mobile: a detailed audit
Transforming WINDEV applications into Mobile is very easy...
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Project comparator
Comparing two windows (two pages, two reports, two classes, ...
Organizing the directories of a project
When creating a project, a directory specific to this project is automatically created...
Project compilation: Warning, Error, Information, Programming standard...
When developing a project, the project is compiled on a regular basis.
Duplicating a project
Duplicating a project allows you to have two identical projects with the same name but found in different directories...
Testing a static project
The test of the entire project allows simulating the startup of the site...
Creating a WINDEV Mobile 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, ...
Testing and debugging a project on the development computer
The test of the entire project allows you to simulate the start of the application with the executable...
Events associated with the project
List of events associated with the project
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 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...
Importing and consuming SOAP web services
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to directly import web services into your applications...
Business rules
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to manage the business rules...
Custom tooltips
Tooltips are very useful for application users...
Managing pinned projects
The home window of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allows you to manage the pinned projects when opening an existing project...
Opening a help file (CHM, HTML or PDF)
There are several ways to open a help file...
Share your projects via Git
Git is a source code manager...
Local procedure
Two types of procedures are available...
The "Favorites" pane
The "Favorites" pane gives direct access to the favorites of your project...
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...
Exporting elements to a directory
All the elements handled by a project (window, report, classes, set of procedures, queries, ...
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, ...
Code statistics
The code statistics affect...
"About" window
The "About" window is used to display and access various information about the current application...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Testing a Mobile application
By testing the project you can simulate how the application will run when launched by the user...
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.
Debugging without using a debugger
In some cases, running a program or a site with or without the debugger can produce different results...
Execution platform
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for different families of products...
Automated tests on an executable
WINDEV allows you to test a project using the corresponding executable...
HOpenComplementaryAnalysis (Function)
Opens a new database schema, but keeps the main database schema of the application.
Window for quick selection
You are searching for a project element? You only know part of its name? Press [CTRL]+[E] to open the quick selection window...
Global procedure/function
A global procedure can be used in all the processes or events of the project.
Using several libraries in an application
A library is a WDL file that contains all the resources...
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...
Native SQL Server Connector: Specific features and remarks
The following paragraphs present the main aspects and specific features of the Native SQL Server...
WDScript overview
WDScript is a WLanguage script editor included with WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile......
Deep links to mobile applications
Deep linking allows you to redirect the user to specific content in a mobile application (rather...
Code editor: Various operations
The code editor is the editor where the developers spend most of their time. This help page...
Automatic data file modification
The automatic data file modification updates the description of data files on user computers......
Assisted HFSQL error handling
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile include a module for assisted management of HFSQL errors......
Characteristics of Table controls in a window
Table controls allow you to display and/or enter data......
Remote WEBDEV administrator: Server parameters
The server administrator can define the server parameters via the remote administration tool......
Context menu of windows (AAF)
The popup menu of the windows (right mouse click on the window) contains the following options......
12. Retrieving data from a site
SQL query (WLanguage type)
The "SQL query" type is used to write an SQL query in the WLanguage code.
Native Oracle Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use an Oracle database with the Native Connector, the structure of ORACLE tables must...
HDeclareExternal (Function)
Temporarily imports into the current analysis the description of a data file from an existing HFSQL...
WDOptimizer: Overview
The different operations that can be performed with WDOptimizer are as follows......
Mobile-friendly website: available methods
WEBDEV includes several page creation methods that allow you to create mobile-friendly websites......
Database access: summary
WINDEV and WEBDEV support different SQL query execution modes depending on how the database...
HCreation (Function)
Creates an empty data file (".FIC" extension) with the index file and the memo file if necessary.
Automatic procedures
The programming of timers, threads and delayed procedures is now automatically managed...
Tips for developing a site for an iPhone or for a BlackBerry
WEBDEV allows you to develop sites for all types of devices......
Native PostgreSQL Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use a PostgreSQL database with Native Connector (also called Native Access), the structure...
Setups while taking the Push into account
The setup while taking the Push into account is used to deploy an application on all the client...
How to choose the data source of a control?
This help page presents the different data sources available for a control....
Native MariaDB Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use a MariaDB database with Native Connector, the structure of MariaDB tables must be imported...
Native MySQL Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use a MySQL database with the Native Connector (or Native Access), import the structure of MySQL...
dbgInfo (Function)
Returns a debug information.