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Version: 2025

Integrating a WEBDEV site into a WINDEV application
By integrating a website into a window in a desktop application, you can share existing elements and boost productivity...
Types of help systems in a WINDEV application
There are multiple solutions to provide help to the users...
Convert your WINDEV applications into websites
A widespread need today is to transform Windows applications (or parts of applications) into dynamic websites...
Steps to develop an application
This diagram presents the different steps for developing an application with WINDEV...
"About" window
The "About" window is used to display and access various information about the current application...
"?" menu
WINDEV proposes a help menu adapted to your applications...
.NET application
To create a.NET application from a project...
AppDetectUPDAvailable (Function)
Disables or customizes the automatic check for available updates.
FAA: Did you know?
Our surveys show that end users love AAFs (Automatic Application Features) and that these AAFs increase their satisfaction and efficiency when using the applications...
WDInst: set directory for tables and User Groupware files
The setup editor WDInst ("Tools...
History of versions
The history of setup versions is an advanced feature of the network setup...
grSurfaceAddData (Function)
Adds a data into a Surface chart.
FilePath (Property)
The FilePath property gets: the name of the xlsx file associated with a Spreadsheet control. the name of the file associated with an Image Editor control. the name of the PDF file associated with a PDF Reader control. the name of the DOCX file associated with a Word Processing control. the name of the wddiag file associated with a Diagram Editor control....
iEndReport (Function)
Forces the report print to stop.
sInEntryQueue (Function)
Retrieves the number of pending bytes in the input buffer of a specified serial port or infrared port.
grMask (Function)
Formats the data displayed by grLabel or by grTooltip.
WDInst: installing additional elements
By default, only the files found in the "List of setup files" window are installed on the user computers......
SemaphoreEnd (Function)
Allows one or more threads to exit from the area protected by the semaphore.
dRotation (Function)
Performs a rotation: of an Image control. of an Image variable. of a picLayer variable....
iPageEnd (Function)
Forces the move to the next page during the report print.
HPriority (Function)
Finds out and modifies the priority of the calling application.
fEncrypt (Function)
Encrypts a file in binary or ASCII format.
LooperInsertLine (Function)
Inserts a row into a Looper control.
The Chart control
The "Chart" control is used to display a chart in windows, pages and reports......
MapAddMarker (Function)
Adds a new marker onto a map displayed in a Map control.
SOAPGetResult (Function)
Returns the result of the last SOAP procedure that was successfully run.
xlsMsgError (Function)
Returns the caption of the last error caused by an XLS function.
The Internal Window control
The "Internal Window" control is used to include a window (and its code) in a control of another window......
EmailGetTimeOut (Function)
Reads the value of the "timeout" for connecting to the SMTP, POP3 and IMAP messaging servers.
sfSeekDeletedResult (Type of variable)
The sfSeekDeletedResult type is used to find out the result of SFSeekDeleted...
sfDeletedRecord (Type of variable)
The sfSeekDeletedResult type is used to find out the characteristics of a deleted record that was retrieved by SFSeekDeleted...
CertificateSignString (Function)
Creates the signature of a character string.
MenuLabel (Function)
Gets or changes the label of a menu option (context or drop-down menu).
sfMergeRequest (Type of variable)
The sfMergeRequest type is used to describe the elements to merge during the call to SFMerge...
Customizing the system information windows (or dialog boxes)
Your applications use several system dialog boxes? A specific skin template is used in your project? Why not customize these windows and give them the "appearance" of your application?......
Synchronizing threads via events
Events can be used to synchronize the different threads of an application......