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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...
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, ...
Creating a WINDEV 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...
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...
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)...
Creating a WINDEV Mobile project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Handling the versions of a window, report, query or project
When creating and developing the different elements of a project (window, query, report, project, ...
Duplicating a project
Duplicating a project allows you to have two identical projects with the same name but found in different directories...
Custom-Folders
"Custom-Folders" simplify the organization of projects, allowing you to group the elements of your application by themes...
Time management
For each element (windows, reports, ...
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...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
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...
Opening a help file (CHM, HTML or PDF)
There are several ways to open a help file...
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...
Exporting elements to a directory
All the elements handled by a project (window, report, classes, set of procedures, queries, ...
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.
Execution platform
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for different families of products...
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...
apLog (Function)
Saves an information in a "log" file during the execution of an action plan.
Stored procedures and queries (HFSQL Client/Server)
The stored procedures are used to simplify the development and the maintenance of your applications...
2. Managing a database
WEBDEV Tutorial: My first WEBDEV website Lesson 2 - Managing a database - 30 min
10. Embedded queries
The controls from a window can be linked to a data file or existing query, ......
Printing the content of a pivot table (AAF)
Pivot Table controls include an automatic context menu that allows users to perform different...
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)......
The Java Applet control
A Java Applet control allows you to easily include Java Applets in your WEBDEV sites......
DialogAsynchronous (Function)
Displays a non-blocking message box and calls a WLanguage procedure with the value of the button...
MaskTitleDate (Property)
The MaskTitleDate property is used to identify and change the input mask used for the title of day...
Configuring the "Relative duration" mask (date and time in natural language)
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile propose to use a "Relative duration" display mask for the Date...
Infinite Table and Looper controls
There are two methods to populate Table and Looper controls programmatically......
User Groupware and LDAP
The LDAP protocol is increasingly used by the companies......
MyControl (Reserved word)
The MyControl keyword represents the control that holds the process being executed.
Icon (Property)
The Icon property is used to: Find out the icon displayed in the title bar of a window...
SpellAddDictionary (Function)
Adds a word to the dictionary of OpenOffice: for the instance of the current application....
LDAPConnect (Function)
Used to connect to an LDAP server via the characteristics defined in the LDAPSession structure.
HDeclareExternal (Example)
Usage example of the HDeclareExternal function
Creating the executable and the setup program
WINDEV Tutorial - Deploying an application Creating the executable and the setup program - 30 min
EmailImportSource (Function)
Populates an Email variable using the content of its Source property or the different variables...
The SilverLight control
The SilverLight control is used to display a SilverLight 2 animation in a WEBDEV page......
Commands of the external interface
UnloadProcedure (Function)
UnloadProcedure is kept for backward compatibility.
OKCancelAsynchronous (Function)
Displays a message in a standard non-blocking dialog box with the answers "OK" and "Cancel"...
InfoBuild (Function)
Displays a custom message in a system information window.
MDL file (kept for backward compatibility): Pattern description
The MDL file is the file used to generate a RAD window......