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Version: 2025

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...
YesNoAsynchronous (Function)
Displays a message in a standard non-blocking dialog box with the answers "Yes" and "No" and calls...
Lambda: Expressions and procedures
A lambda ("lambda function") is a more concise way to write internal procedures...
Create the help system in WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile
These are the main steps to create a help file (HTML, CHM or PDF)......
Manual deployment of a dynamic site
WEBDEV proposes several methods for deploying a dynamic site......
Configuring a WINDEV SOAP server
WINDEV allows you to easily manage the SOAP protocol by allowing you to create......
Native xBase/FoxPro Access: Specific features and remarks
This help page presents the specific features regarding the programming of Native xBase/FoxPro...
FBStartSession (Function)
Used to authenticate and log in to Faceboook.
Nesting the framesets
By default, a frameset is used to display several pages in the same window of the browser......
Code indentation
When typing compound statements ("Switch", "For" and "While", for example), the code...
SysIconAdd (Function)
Adds a system tray icon (in the lower-right corner of the screen).
Configuring the SOAP administrator
ErrorBuild (Function)
Displays a custom error message in a system error window.
xmlNode (Type of variable)
The xmlNode type is used to handle a node of an XML document.
GglListContact (Function)
Retrieves the list of contacts associated with the specified Google account.
10. Embedded queries
5. Unit tests
Unit tests (also called automated tests) are used to test windows, procedures and classes...
Deploying an Android application
WINDEV Mobile tutorial: Deploying an Android application 10 min
1. Creating windows to add and edit data
WINDEV Tutorial: WINDEV application: Managing data Lesson 1 - Creating windows to add and edit data...
2. Listing products
WEBDEV Tutorial - Creating a website with back office processes Lesson 2 - Listing products - 50...
saasSite (Type of variable)
The saasSite type is used to define the advanced characteristics of a SaaS WEBDEV site.
LoadImageSheet (Function)
Loads an image set in memory so that it can be used later by gImage.
nWDGetLastError: Error code of last error
Error code of last error......
WDDIXIO
WDDIXIO is a tool that helps you translate the text of an application......
GOTO statement
The GOTO statement is used to run a code identified by a given label...
MultitaskRedraw (Function)
Immediately redraws the window controls that will be graphically refreshed.