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The different copy modes
Two different copy modes are proposed by WDTRAD...
9. Generation modes
WINDEV Mobile includes different types of generation...
13. Generation modes
Restores the scrollbar position in a Looper control as well as the selected elements.
2. Modes to install an application
In single-user mode, opens an xBase data file without locking it.
Main characteristics of a List Box control
The main characteristics of a List Box control are as follows...
The Check Box control
A Check Box can correspond to...
CameraParameter (Function)
Returns or modifies the value of a parameter for the device camera.
AndroidiPhone/iPad Function kept for "Version-26-compatible" Camera controls.
Managing the automatic identifiers when adding a record
When adding a record into a HyperFileSQL file (HAdd), three management modes are available for the automatic identifiers...
Creating a Pivot Table control
To create a Pivot Table control ...
<ftpConnection variable>.Connect (Function)
Connects the current computer to an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
Nearby sharing (Android)
This feature, available on Android, lets you exchange data between two or more nearby devices...
Data-bound report
A table-bound report is used to print the records coming from a single table (HFSQL Classic or Client/Server, accessed via a Native Access, ...
VideoParameter (Function)
Returns or modifies the value of a parameter for the device camera.
AndroidiPhone/iPad Function kept for "Version-26-compatible" Camera controls.
CertificateClientInfo (Function)
Returns information about the certificate used by the client computer.
Customizing the Switch controls
The Switch control is a 2-state Check Box control (on/off, true/false, yes/no)...
External language: Programming in C
We are going to call the elements developed in WINDEV (project, windows, ...
Assisted universal replication
To easily establish the universal replication between the data of a remote application and a central database, WINDEV and WEBDEV allow you to...
Managing the load balancing (dynamic load balancing on server)
The server that is hosting a HFSQL database engine can be very busy...
iPrintingNation (Function)
Modifies the current language for the next print (programmed print or report print).
8. Project sharing in practice
Deselects a row in a Looper control.
9. Sharing a project in practice
Sharing a project in practice
Merge (Property)
The Merge property is used to merge the cells of a Table or TreeView Table control.
Left or right sliding window (sliding menu)
The sliding windows (also called sliding menus) are often used in the mobile applications...
Report viewer: Offer several reports
In the document preview, end users can...
WDTRAD options
Draws a text in a WDPic variable.
Characteristics of Looper controls in a window
To display the control characteristics, select "Description" in the context menu of the control...
Image control in a window
This help page presents the characteristics of an Image control found in a window...
Advanced management of class instances
The advanced management of instances is used to choose the mode for taking reference. This choice has a direct impact on the release of class objects: depending on the reference selected, the "Destructor" will not be called at the same time..
11. Internal components in practice
Internal components in practice
Managing databases in WINDEV Java applications
This document presents the different access modes to databases from a WINDEV Java application...
Report based on a variable (Data binding)
A report based on a variable is used to directly print the information found in a WLanguage variable...
Blocking tables: correspondence WINDEV 5.5 and higher versions
Returns the list of WINDEV or WEBDEV analyses (in HFSQL Classic format) available in a given directory.
10. Internal components in practice
Deletes a Google Docs Editor file from Google Drive.
Generating and deploying 64-bit applications
WINDEV allows you to automatically generate and install a 64-bit application.
The "Code hashtags" pane
Closes all dynamic tabs of a Tab control.
Handling XLS files
WINDEV and WEBDEV propose two methods for handling Excel files...
Report viewer (Print preview)
The report viewer allows you to see the report layout without printing it...
SCM: Checking out an element
To edit an element of a project hosted on an SCM repository, you must first check out the element...
ErrorPropagate (Function)
Propagates a non-fatal error that can be processed by the calling code if the management of non-fatal errors was enabled for this code (in the code editor or by ErrorChangeParameter).
Developing applications for Android
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for the Android operating system...
Page constants
List of constants used by page functions.
The Popup control
The Popup control is a control used to associate a popup with a page. This popup, displayed from the page into which it is inserted, is used to easily establish a dialog with the user.
PDF Reader control and PDF file management constants
PDF Reader control and PDF file management constants
SQLFetch (Function)
Goes to the next row (i.e next record) of the query result.
The Context Menu control (WEBDEV)
Context menus are often used in websites...
Characteristics of Looper controls in a page
To view the characteristics of the control, select "Description" in the context menu.
Managing bar codes
The use of bar codes to identify and manage products has become essential...
The Organizer control
The Organizer control is used to display and handle organizers...
HFSQL views
An HFSQL view corresponds to a "memory image" of an HFSQL table...
External language: C ++ programming (WDWDIAL interface)
This third method uses the notion of class inheritance to simplify the interfacing between a C++ application and WINDEV...
Compatibility between external components and deployed applications
A component can evolve in many ways...
WinSize (Function)
WinSize:
  • returns or modifies the window display mode (maximized, minimized or normal),
  • modifies the window height and/or width,
  • moves the window and modifies a window's height and/or width.
Manipulating ListView controls programmatically
WINDEV allows you to programmatically manipulate ListView controls...
Characteristics of Table controls in a window
Table controls allow you to display and/or enter data...
Manipulating ListView controls programmatically (prefix syntax)
WINDEV allows you to programmatically manipulate ListView controls...
SQLAssociate (Function)
Automatically associates each column of the query result with a control or with a variable of the application.
5. User Groupware in practice
Closes the current browser window and stops the execution of the current code.
Images, colors and tabs
To optimize the appearance of your screens, WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allows you to use images or colors in your tab controls...
HInfoViewRights (Function)
Gets the rights granted to a user or group on an SQL view or on a materialized view.
Report based on a query
Queries are used to easily select records in one or more tables...
<Connection variable>.InfoViewRights (Function)
Gets the rights granted to a user or group on an SQL view or on a materialized view.
HInfoServerRights (Function)
Gets the rights granted to a user or group of users on a server.
Replication (Property)
The Replication property is used to:
  • know the replication mode used for a table (table defined in the data model editor or programmatically defined).
  • specify the replication mode used for a table (only for tables defined programmatically).
5. User Groupware in practice
An object diagram represents a set of objects and how they relate to each other at a certain moment in time...
<Connection variable>.InfoServerRights (Function)
Gets the rights granted to a user or group of users on a server.
Assigning dependencies to requirements
The following steps must be performed to implement the requirements...
Debugger: Step-by-step project execution
Running a project step-by-step allows you to start the debugger when launching the application...
AJAX programming via AJAX functions (Legacy)
The diagram below presents the use of "programmed AJAX" in a WEBDEV website...
The Grid control
The Grid control is a relative positioning grid available in WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile...
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 computers of a network from a single management computer...
11. Table/Looper controls
Table/Looper controls can be used to display a set of information...
Database access: summary
WINDEV and WEBDEV support different SQL query execution modes depending on how the database was accessed....
7. Multilingual applications in practice
Identifies the opacity of a pixel in an image (in an Image variable) with an Alpha channel.
User Groupware (WINDEV and WEBDEV): Options and settings
An application is often intended to be used by several users connected via a network...
Deploying an Android application
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop Android applications. Then, these applications can be easily deployed.
Report based on an Organizer control
A report based on an Organizer control is used to directly print the information displayed in the Organizer control
3. Layouts
WINDEV Mobile tutorial: Developing an Android and iOS application Lesson 3 - Window orientation (layouts) - 15 min
The ListView control
The ListView control is used to display a list of graphic elements (images, logos, etc.
11. Table/Looper controls
Identifies the opacity of a pixel in an image (in an Image variable) with an Alpha channel.
HFSQL Client/Server: Overview
You have the ability to create applications that access the HFSQL Client/Server databases...
2. First tests
WINDEV Mobile Tutorial: My first Android/iOS application Lesson 2 - First tests - 1 hr
HInfoFileRights (Function)
Gets the rights granted to a user or group on an HFSQL Client/Server table.
SCM: Working with the Source Code Manager
The principle for working with the Source Code Manager is as follows...
HFSQL: Change of name
Lists the values supported by the device camera for a given parameter.
AndroidiPhone/iPad Function kept for "Version-26-compatible" Camera controls.
<Connection variable>.InfoFileRights (Function)
Gets the rights granted to a user or group on an HFSQL Client/Server table.
The Sliding Banner control
The Sliding Banner control is used to display several contents successively, either automatically, or further to an action performed by the Web user...
<Connection variable>.Transaction (Function)
Starts a transaction on the tables (HFSQL or accessed via Native Access) and creates the transaction table.
Setup wizard: Steps for creating a WINDEV application setup program
The setup program creation wizard allows you to define all the settings of your setup program.
Android: The different types of notifications
Android proposes several types of notifications to inform the user...
AJAXExecute (Function)
Executes a server procedure without refreshing the page.
Journalized replication: Programming journalized replication in WLanguage
Several WLanguage functions allow you to include log-based replication in your application and to customize it...
Internal component
An internal component is a set of elements from a project...
Report viewer: "Overview" pane
The report viewer allows end users to view reports before printing them...
Generating an Android application
The generation of a WINDEV Mobile application for Android groups all project elements (windows, code, etc.
The TreeView control
The TreeView control is a tree structure used to simplify the display of information that can be represented hierarchically...
TableSearch (Function)
Performs a search in:
  • a Table control,
  • a TreeView Table control,
  • tables displayed in a Combo Box control.
Translating the interface into multiple languages
When the different languages supported by the application have been selected, the information displayed by the application must be translated into these different languages...
Using an external component in an application
A component can be reused at any time in any application...
<httpRequest variable>.Send (Function)
Sends an HTTP request and waits for the response from the HTTP server.
Notifications of an HFSQL server
A server may encounter problems without any user (or developer) noticing anything.
For example:
  • a scheduled task may fail,
  • an automatic backup may fail,
  • a node may become inactive in an HFSQL cluster, ...
The Table control
The Table allows users to easily view and enter data stored in memory or from a table, view or query...
BuildBrowsingTable (Function)
Creates a Table control from the items of a table (view or query).
<Connection variable>.InfoDatabaseRights (Function)
Gets the rights granted to a user or group on a database.
HInfoDatabaseRights (Function)
Gets the rights granted to a user or group on a database.
The TimeLine control
The TimeLine control can be used to represent chronologies of closely spaced events that may be parallel.
Specific features of the Express version
Deletes all the values from the local storage.
Synchronizing threads via events
Events can be used to synchronize the different threads of an application...
Report based on a Scheduler control
A report based on a Scheduler control is used to directly print the information displayed in the Scheduler control...
ParallelTaskExecute (Function)
Triggers the execution of a parallel task.
DeclareAWPContext (Function)
Used to declare a list of variables whose values will be persistent between successive displays of Active WEBDEV Pages.
Report based on an HFSQL view
A report based on an HFSQL view is used to print records from an HFSQL Classic or Client/Server view...
Report based on an SQL query with data accessed via a connection (ODBC, etc.)
A report based on an SQL query with data accessed via a connection can print records from a database accessible via a specific ODBC driver or via a Native Connector...
Database schema: Description of table structure
The database schema allows you to define the structure of tables used by the project...
Automatic assisted universal replication
The automatic assisted replication is used to easily implement a replication on an existing application...
Testing and debugging an application on an Android device
All developers appreciate the possibility to debug an application directly on the device...
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile general options
The general options allow you to configure the development environment of the software used...
SCM: Ribbon options
The operations on the SCM can be performed from the SCM tab of WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile.
Creating an executable: WINDEV Framework
Each WINDEV function is associated with a WINDEV DLL...
ChangeCharset (Function)
Retrieves and/or changes the character set used:
  • by all the screen fonts.
  • by all the operations performed on the character strings (functions and/or operators).
New products brochure 28: WEBDEV new products
New features in WEBDEV 28 presented in the New Features brochure.
Configuring the titles of columns (Table control)
The title of table columns is an important element of Table control...
HTTPSend (Function)
Sends an HTTP request and waits for the response from the HTTP server.
Multi-touch in an Image control
One of the most common applications of the multi-touch feature is used to handle images...
AJAXExecuteAsynchronous (Function)
Executes a server procedure without refreshing the page.
Custom context menu
Custom context menus are created in the window editor and can be manipulated programmatically...
HTransaction (Function)
Starts a transaction on the tables (HFSQL or accessed via a Native Connector) and creates the transaction table.
User authentication: User Groupware
WINDEV Tutorial: User Groupware User authentication: User Groupware - 20 min
Specific features of iPhone/iPad applications
To simplify the reading in the controls used to view large volumes of data, the end user has the ability to zoom the data found in the control...
pdfParameter (Variable type)
The pdfParameter type defines all the characteristics of the PDF file to be generated.
Reading bar codes
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create applications for reading bar codes...
The Navigation Bar control
The Navigation Bar control is used to create a menu area that can easily adapt to the browser size...
13. Reports
WINDEV Mobile allows you to easily create and print all types of reports with the report editor.
7. Debugger
WEBDEV Tutorial - WLanguage basics Lesson 7 - Debugger - 30 min
7. Debugger
WINDEV Mobile Tutorial - WLanguage basics Lesson 7 - Debugger - 30 min
7. Debugger
WINDEV Tutorial - WLanguage basics Lesson 7 - Debugger - 30 min
Assisted universal replication programmatically
The assisted replication through programming is used to implement a replication on an existing application while controlling the synchronization in the application itself...
Report based on a memory area
A report based on a memory area is used to print the records stored in a memory area...
Image catalog
As soon as an image can be used (in a control, in a window, in a report, ...
WINDEV Mobile new features brochure 2025
What's new in WINDEV Mobile 2025 is presented in the What's new 2025 brochure.
8. Windows in practice
Discover the main actions that can be performed on the windows.
AWP: Managing contexts
To keep the value of global variables when switching from a page to another one, the AWP mode proposes a management of contexts...
SNMP functions
List of SNMP functions
Responsive Web Design: Managing a header bar
This help page explains how to create a page containing a header bar in Responsive Web Design mode...
Report based on a Looper control
A report based on a Looper control is used to directly print the information displayed in the control...
12. Available tests
Utilisation dans la classe Marge - Accès en Lecture + Ecriture - Type : Entier32
14. Distribute Reports and Queries with your applications
WINDEV Tutorial - Reports and Queries Distribute Reports and Queries with your applications - 10 min
Reusing code with external components
WINDEV Tutorial: External components Reusing code with external components - 40 min
Required or invalid input in WINDEV
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile include several options to manage required or invalid input, both in the window editor and programmatically...
Deploying an Android application
WINDEV Mobile Tutorial: Deploying an Android application 10 min
SCM administrator: Available tools
The "Tools" tab in the SCM administrator allows you to...
Translating a text file with WDTRAD
User Groupware functions
Automatic procedures
The programming of timers, threads and delayed procedures is now automatically managed by the environment...
Using Facebook authentication
Facebook is the world's most popular social network. It is commonly used by companies to reach their customers...
Report based on a Table control
A report based on a data-bound Table control is used to directly print the information displayed in the control (based on a table or populated programmatically)...
Managing Responsive Web Design in your Web pages
Websites can be viewed on several platforms...
Programming overview in C and C++
Several print modes are available for a report.
Use Facebook authentication (prefix syntax)
Facebook is the world's most popular social network. It is commonly used by companies to reach their customers...
14. Controls in practice
Initializes or reinitializes a replication defined by the replication editor (ReplicEdit).
InKioskMode (Function)
Indicates whether the Android application is in kiosk mode.
Operating mode of HFSQL application
An HFSQL application can operate in network mode or in Client/Server mode...
1. Components provided with WINDEV
WINDEV is provided with projects that contain components.
SNMPOIDAccess (Function)
Returns the authorized access modes of a specific OID.
Controls that can be moved in a page
WEBDEV proposes two modes for moving controls in a page...
Testing a dynamic project from the administrator
Running the test from the WEBDEV administrator (WDAdmin) is used to check ...
11. Table/Looper controls
Change the volume of a UPnP device.
CtCursorOptions (Property)
The CtCursorOptions property gets the cursor type used when connecting to an external database.
Help with new features: Informing users about new developments
Applications are constantly evolving...
FTPConnect (Function)
Connects the current computer to an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
22 tips for optimizing the speed of a site
When a site is on-lined, one of the main expectations of Web users is speed...
HTransactionStart (Function)
Starts a transaction on the tables (HFSQL or accessed via a Native Connector) and creates the transaction table.
The Scheduler control
The Scheduler control is used to automatically display and handle schedules. It is used to manage the display of multiple resources and it is used in several applications or sites.
Debugging a connection to an HFSQL server
The stored procedures and the triggers are debugged from the environment, with real execution on the server...
Report based on a text file
In a report based on a text file, the information to print is read from a text file or is directly assigned in the report controls...
AJAX: Direct procedure calls
Starting with version 2024, it is no longer necessary to use AJAXExecute and AJAXExecuteAsynchronous to make AJAX calls...
2024 new features brochure: WINDEV Mobile new features
What's new in WINDEV Mobile 2024 in the 2024 New Features brochure.
Mobile User Groupware (Android and iOS)
WINDEV Mobile includes a User Groupware for Android and iOS applications...
In-House deployment
Apple's In-House deployment allows you to overcome most of the constraints of the other two modes (App Store deployment and Ad Hoc deployment) and to widely distribute an application without the need to reference client devices in advance...
12. External component in practice
Définit l'image SVG utilisée pour un graphe de type "Pourcentage imagé".
13. External component in practice
External component in practice
7. Multilingual websites in practice
Returns an array without duplicates.
Creating an action plan
The action plans group all actions that will be performed by the Software Factory.
<DiskFile variable>.Open (Function)
Opens an external file (ANSI or Unicode) so that it can be manipulated programmatically
11. Controls in practice
Discover the main characteristics of the controls
2. Searching and iterating over records
WINDEV Tutorial: Managing data in a WINDEV application Lesson 2 - Searching and iterating over records - 30 min
fOpen (Function)
Opens an external file (ANSI or UNICODE) for programmatic manipulation.
Serialize (Function)
Transforms the following elements into a specific format:
  • a structure (and its subelements),
  • a class (and its subelements),
  • an array (including the associative arrays),
  • a queue,
  • a stack,
  • a list.
2025 new features brochure: WINDEV new features
What's new in WINDEV 2025 in the What's new 2025 brochure.
I'm a Project Manager: How do I manage a development project?
The Control Centers in WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile provide project managers with several tools to manage a development project including...
New Features brochure - Version 28: New features in WINDEV Mobile
New features in WINDEV Mobile 28 presented in the New Features brochure.
2. Examples provided with WINDEV
The examples provided with WINDEV are intended to help you learn the features of WINDEV.
WINDEV Mobile new features brochure 2026
What's new in WINDEV Mobile 2026 is presented in the What's new 2026 brochure.
SQL commands available in an SQL query
WINDEV allows you to easily run queries in SQL code...
SQL functions that can be used in SQL queries
The following SQL functions can be used on the queries written in SQL code (classified by theme)...
2025 new features brochure: WEBDEV new features
What's new in WEBDEV 2025 is presented in the What's new 2025 brochure.
New products brochure 28: Common new products
New features in WINDEV/WEBDEV/WINDEV Mobile 28 presented in the New Features brochure.
New products brochure 27: Common new products
New features in WINDEV/WEBDEV/WINDEV Mobile 27 presented in the New Features brochure.
2025 novelties brochure: Common novelties
What's new in WINDEV/WEBDEV/WINDEV Mobile 2025 in the What's new 2025 brochure.
2025 novelties brochure: Common novelties
What's new in WINDEV/WEBDEV/WINDEV Mobile 2025 in the What's new 2025 brochure.
Site map of PC SOFT documentation
The "Logs" tab is used to see the details of logs for a specific period...
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