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 WINDEVWEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE

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
Associating documents with the project
To describe a project in detail, you can associate documents with it...
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.
Project configuration
Project configurations allow you to adapt the same project to multiple "targets"...
Project image gallery
The project image gallery allows viewing all the images of a project in a single click...
Handling the versions of a window, report, query or project
When creating and developing the different elements of a project (window, query, report, project, ...
Environment of the project editor
The main elements of the project editor are as follows:
Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
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, ...
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.
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...
Project Management Hub: Presentation
The Project Management Hub is used to organize and schedule a project, from design to delivery...
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, ...
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Project dashboard
The project dashboard provides an overall view of project status via different widgets....
Recompiling the project
The project compilation is a process used to...
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 WINDEV Mobile 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...
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)...
Events associated with the project
List of events associated with the project
Debugger: Step-by-step project execution
Running a project step-by-step allows you to start the debugger when launching the application...
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...
Importing and consuming SOAP web services
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to directly import web services into your applications...
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...
Business rules
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to manage the business rules...
Code statistics
The code statistics affect...
Share your projects via Git
Git is a source code manager...
Managing pinned projects
The home window of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allows you to manage the pinned projects when opening an existing project...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Local procedure
Two types of procedures are available...
Custom tooltips
Tooltips are very useful for application users...
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...
Custom-Folders
"Custom-Folders" simplify the organization of projects, allowing you to group the elements of your application by themes...
Using several libraries in an application
A library is a WDL file that contains all the resources...
WINDEV Mobile: Platforms, processors and operating systems
WINDEV Mobile applications can run on the following platforms
Time management
For each element (windows, reports, ...
"About" window
The "About" window is used to display and access various information about the current application...
Testing a Mobile application
By testing the project you can simulate how the application will run when launched by the user...
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...
Automated tests on an executable
WINDEV allows you to test a project using the corresponding executable...
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...
HOpenComplementaryAnalysis (Function)
Opens a new database schema, but keeps the main database schema of the application.
Opening a help file (CHM, HTML or PDF)
There are several ways to open a help file...
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.
Exporting elements to a directory
All the elements handled by a project (window, report, classes, set of procedures, queries, ...
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 xBase/FoxPro Connector
WINDEV and WEBDEV propose a Native xBase/FoxPro Connector (or Native xBase/FoxPro Access) module......
Window templates and inheritance
When a window template is applied to a window, all the controls and code in the template...
Using the query result
The result of a select query can be used in......
SQLConnect (Function)
Connects the current application to a database that must be interrogated via SQL.
Report based on an Organizer control
A report based on an Organizer control is used to directly print the information displayed...
Report based on a Scheduler control
A report based on a Scheduler control is used to directly print the information displayed...
GDPR: Overview
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) will replace "Data Protection Directive" on 25th May...
Managing a Text token Edit control
...Interfaces that use token controls are common. A Token control contains variable amounts...
Events associated with internal windows
List of events associated with internal windows...
WINDEV and OPC
OPC stands for "OLE for Process Control"......
TableInsert (Function)
Inserts a row into: a Table control, a TreeView Table control, a table displayed in a Combo...
Code snippets
The code editor allows you to enter "Code snippets"......
Manipulating WEBDEV menu options
The context menu of menu options allows you to perform all the operations required to define...
Characteristics of a Looper control in a window
To display the control characteristics, select "Description" in the context menu of control......
Applying the Responsive Web Design mode to an existing page
This help page explains how to apply the Responsive Web Design mode to an existing WEBDEV page......
Report based on a TreeView Table control
You can use a report based on a TreeView Table control to directly print the information displayed...
Using objects
To access a class, the object must be declared as being part of the class to handle, this is called...
User Groupware: Configuring the application
Once the User Groupware is configured, the configuration of users and accesses is performed...
API (Function)
Runs a function found in an external DLL.
TableAdd (Function)
Adds a row in: a Table control, a TreeView Table control, a Combo Box control "with table"...
Container column in a Table control
A cell found in a Table control can contain a set of controls......
WX file
The "Executable Name".WX file is used to manage some features directly, even if these features...
WLanguage
The integrated WINDEV language, WLanguage, is powerful, simple and intuitive......
Required or invalid input in WINDEV
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile include several options to manage required or invalid input, both via...
WDInst: managing the files to install
The setup editor WDInst is used to manage the files to install......