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Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Project functions
List of functions for managing projects
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...
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.
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.
Environment of the project editor
The main elements of the project editor are as follows:
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, ...
Associating documents with the project
To describe a project in detail, you can associate documents with it...
Creating a WINDEV Mobile 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, ...
Common project
Projects are often cross-platform...
Transforming a WINDEV project into Mobile: a detailed audit
Transforming WINDEV applications into Mobile is very easy...
Project compilation: Warning, Error, Information, Programming standard...
When developing a project, the project is compiled on a regular basis.
Testing a static project
The test of the entire project allows simulating the startup of the site...
Duplicating a project
Duplicating a project allows you to have two identical projects with the same name but found in different directories...
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Recompiling the project
The project compilation is a process used to...
Handling the versions of a window, report, query or project
When creating and developing the different elements of a project (window, query, report, 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)...
Time management
For each element (windows, reports, ...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Opening a help file (CHM, HTML or PDF)
There are several ways to open a help file...
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...
Using several libraries in an application
A library is a WDL file that contains all the resources...
Automated tests on an executable
WINDEV allows you to test a project using the corresponding executable...
"About" window
The "About" window is used to display and access various information about the current application...
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...
Custom-Folders
"Custom-Folders" simplify the organization of projects, allowing you to group the elements of your application by themes...
Execution platform
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for different families of products...
Business rules
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to manage the business rules...
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...
Running the test of a report
The test of a single report allows you to run the current report in WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV...
Importing/Consuming web services
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to directly import Webservices into your applications......
The different types of windows
The following types of windows can be created in a WINDEV application......
Testing a Mobile application
By testing the project you can simulate how the application will run when launched by the user......
Creating the executable and the setup program
The languages supported by the application are taken into account......
Coloring the procedures
A color (text color) can be assigned to the procedures so that they can be easily classified...
Code coverage
The code coverage is the measure regarding the coverage of tests run on an application or site......
Managing the analysis versions
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to manage the different versions of the analysis...
Custom-Folders in the analysis
Several file descriptions can be grouped into a "Custom-Folder"......
CustomMenu
The CustomMenu allows you to create a custom menu in the menu bar of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV...
The "Analysis" pane
The "Analysis" pane lists......
SCM administrator: Managing the repository
of different projects included in the Source Code Manager......
Code history
The code history is used to......
Zombie procedures
In most cases, old code contains procedures that are used but that do no longer match the current...
ERR_LAUNCH_FAILED
Analysis links
The links are used to link the files found in an analysis between themselves......
7. Multilingual applications in practice
Finding the unused WEBDEV styles
In most cases, most of the presentation styles are created when designing a site......
The key items
Keys are specific items in your analysis......
Developing multilingual applications
A multilingual application is an application that can be distributed in several languages......
Using the Control Centers in Client/Server mode
All the Control Centers provided with WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile use the same database......
Using RAD patterns
The steps for creating a RAD pattern are as follows......
Generating the RAD pattern
To generate a RAD pattern:...