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Version: 2025

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...
Creating a skin template from an existing skin template
You can create a skin template from an existing skin template (provided by PC SOFT, for example)...
Anchoring applied to window controls
The windows of a WINDEV application can be resized at runtime...
Code statistics
The code statistics affect...
Zoom in the different editors
All editors of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to zoom in on the different elements displayed in the editor...
Project comparator
Comparing two windows (two pages, two reports, two classes, ...
Creating a window skin template
The Name55 property is used to manipulate the logical name of a Hyper File 5.5 data file that has not been migrated and is located in a WINDEV 19 analysis.
Skin template
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to customize the interface of your applications via several preset interfaces...
Automatic positioning
When moving a control in a window, in a page or in a report, guides are automatically displayed by the real-time interface checker (also called automatic positioning)...
Alignment rulers (Editor)
When creating or modifying a window in the window editor, you have the ability to display the alignment rulers...
Testing a window
Testing a single window allows you to run the current window in WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile...
Importing a WINDEV window into a Mobile project
The WINDEV windows not having the same format in WINDEV Mobile, WINDEV Mobile gives you the ability to import a WINDEV window into a WINDEV Mobile project...
Alignment options
To optimize the alignment of controls in a window, page or report, you have the ability to use the alignment options...
Viewing a window in 3 dimensions
Your window contains overlapping controls?...
Tab order in a window, a page, etc.
The tab order of the controls found in a window or in a page describes the order in which the controls take focus in a window when the user presses the [Tabulation] key...
Enlarging a window or page
Modern UIs generally use larger windows, pages and fonts...
WINDEV: Windows created via the RAD model
The window creation wizard offers many types of windows associated with HFSQL tables...
Handling the versions of a window, report, query or project
When creating and developing the different elements of a project (window, query, report, project, ...
Importing a non-WINDEV window
You are interested by a window found in a non-WINDEV application?...
The "Window position preview" pane
The "Window position preview" pane is used to view and/or modify the opening position of the windows currently modified (according to the screen resolution used)...
Copying the style of a control
Copying the style of a control consists in copying the characteristics of a control style into another control...
Creating an executable without library
When creating an executable, you can choose not to use a library or not to include all the elements of the project in the library...
Special paste
The Special paste command is used to explicitly choose the format in which the clipboard content will be pasted in the window editor...
Handling the views of a window
To easily handle huge windows (that cannot be entirely displayed in the editor for example), WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile allows you to handle several views of the same window...
Native MariaDB Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use a MariaDB database with Native Connector, the structure of MariaDB tables must be imported into the WINDEV or WEBDEV analysis......
Managing a Text token Edit control
...Interfaces that use token controls are common. A Token control contains variable amounts of information in a limited area....
Characteristics of a toolbar
The main characteristics of a "Toolbar" control are configured in the "Details" tab and in the "UI" tab of the description window of control......
The Thumbnail control
The Thumbnail control is used to automatically manage the display of images in thumbnail format......
WDInst: Customizing the setup program
The setup editor WDInst proposes a standard setup program......
NetServerOption (Function)
Manages the rights of clients on the server (FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or RPC (Remote Procedure Call) server powered by WINDEV). This function is kept for backward compatibility....
WDInst: configuring the directory of the data files and the directory of the files of user groupware
The setup editor WDInst ("Tools......
User Groupware: Creating and installing the executable
The executable of an application that supports the User Groupware is a multi-instance executable....
5. User Groupware in practice
HFSQL and Docker
Docker is a software platform that allows you to run applications in software containers on Linux (Docker runs like a daemon)......
XLSCell type: MaskWD property
The MaskWD property of the xlsDocument type is used to define the display mask in WINDEV or WEBDEV format that will be used in the Excel cell ("DD/MM/YYYY" for example)......
The Table control on mobile devices (Android and iOS)
The Table control is available for Android and iOS applications......
4. Debugging modes
There are two different modes to debug a WINDEV Mobile application...
Customizing the guide
The guide is a powerful search engine included in WINDEV, allowing you to find all referenced documents about a subject......
Handling a toolbar through programming
WINDEV allows you to handle a Toolbar control through programming......
WINDEV and OPC
OPC stands for "OLE for Process Control"......
NetRenameFile (Function)
Renames or moves a file located on the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or RPC (Remote Procedure Call) server created with WINDEV. This function is kept for backward compatibility....
NetRemoteMessageBox (Function)
Displays a dialog box on the screen of the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or RPC (Remote Procedure Call) server powered by WINDEV. This function is kept for backward compatibility....
2. Managing a Client/Server database
WINDEV Tutorial: Using an HFSQL Client/Server database Lesson 2 - Managing a Client/Server database - 20 min...
Feedback component
The Feedback component is a component provided with WINDEV......
3. Deploying a WINDEV application
17. Project Management Hub
...Project Management Hub...
MacOS - Developing an application in Catalyst mode
Apple has recently released an SDK to natively compile iOS applications for MacOS......
Integrate two-factor authentication into your applications
In version 26, WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to set up a login via two-factor authentication......
Server code/Browser code
WEBDEV allows you to create static pages and dynamic pages......