ONLINE HELP
 WINDEVWEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE

Version: 2025

Project with multiple analyses
A single WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile project can now use multiple analyses (data descriptions)...
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...
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.
Project configuration
Project configurations allow you to adapt the same project to multiple "targets"...
Project image gallery
The project image gallery allows viewing all the images of a project in a single click...
Handling the versions of a window, report, query or project
When creating and developing the different elements of a project (window, query, report, project, ...
Environment of the project editor
The main elements of the project editor are as follows:
Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
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, ...
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.
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...
Project Management Hub: Presentation
The Project Management Hub is used to organize and schedule a project, from design to delivery...
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, ...
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Project dashboard
The project dashboard provides an overall view of project status via different widgets....
Recompiling the project
The project compilation is a process used to...
Common project
Projects are often cross-platform...
Transforming a WINDEV project into Mobile: a detailed audit
Transforming WINDEV applications into Mobile is very easy...
Creating a WINDEV Mobile project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Project comparator
Comparing two windows (two pages, two reports, two classes, ...
Organizing the directories of a project
When creating a project, a directory specific to this project is automatically created...
Project compilation: Warning, Error, Information, Programming standard...
When developing a project, the project is compiled on a regular basis.
Duplicating a project
Duplicating a project allows you to have two identical projects with the same name but found in different directories...
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)...
Events associated with the project
List of events associated with the project
Debugger: Step-by-step project execution
Running a project step-by-step allows you to start the debugger when launching the application...
Testing and debugging a project on the development computer
The test of the entire project allows you to simulate the start of the application with the executable...
Importing and consuming SOAP web services
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to directly import web services into your applications...
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...
Business rules
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to manage the business rules...
Code statistics
The code statistics affect...
Share your projects via Git
Git is a source code manager...
Managing pinned projects
The home window of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allows you to manage the pinned projects when opening an existing project...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Local procedure
Two types of procedures are available...
Custom tooltips
Tooltips are very useful for application users...
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...
Custom-Folders
"Custom-Folders" simplify the organization of projects, allowing you to group the elements of your application by themes...
Using several libraries in an application
A library is a WDL file that contains all the resources...
WINDEV Mobile: Platforms, processors and operating systems
WINDEV Mobile applications can run on the following platforms
Time management
For each element (windows, reports, ...
"About" window
The "About" window is used to display and access various information about the current application...
Testing a Mobile application
By testing the project you can simulate how the application will run when launched by the user...
Creating and deploying the installation program: How do you do it?
Creating the setup program allows you to deploy a WINDEV application on the end-user computers...
Automated tests on an executable
WINDEV allows you to test a project using the corresponding executable...
Debugging without using a debugger
In some cases, running a program or a site with or without the debugger can produce different results...
Execution platform
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for different families of products...
HOpenComplementaryAnalysis (Function)
Opens a new database schema, but keeps the main database schema of the application.
Opening a help file (CHM, HTML or PDF)
There are several ways to open a help file...
Window for quick selection
You are searching for a project element? You only know part of its name? Press [CTRL]+[E] to open the quick selection window...
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...
HCreationIfNotFound (Function)
Performs the following operations: If the file does not exist, creates an empty data file...
Thread management constants
List of constants used by the functions for managing threads, critical sections, semaphores,...
eInitCurrency (Function)
Adds or changes the characteristics of a currency in the currency exchange table.
HTransactionCancel (Function)
If a transaction is in progress, cancels all the operations performed on the data files...
The Button control
The Button control allows the user or the Web user to run a specific action with a simple click......
The ListView control
The ListView control is used to display a list of graphic elements (images, logos, etc....
Socket: creating a standard socket server
WINDEV allows you to create a standard socket server......
WDLog: Overview
The different operations that can be performed with WDLog are as follows......
3-tier architecture
The development in "3-tier" architecture is now simplified......
Assisted universal replication through programming
The assisted replication through programming is used to implement a replication on an existing...
Sorts in a report
The sort is used to organize the information displayed in the report......
Setup by HTTP (Network setup via IP)
The network setup via HTTP consists in installing and updating a WINDEV application via an HTTP...
8. 10 tips for better interfaces...
The Combo Box control
The "Combo Box" control is used to display a list of elements and to select an element...
Chart constants
List of constants used by the functions for chart management....
CallInterface (Function)
Runs a method of an interface of an object implemented in a DLL external to the WINDEV framework.
Linking a Scheduler control to a data file or variable
You can create Scheduler controls directly linked to the data....
TreeView Table report
The report editor allows you to create "TreeView Table" reports......
The Popup control
The Popup control is a control used to associate a popup with a page. This popup, displayed...
MySelf (Reserved word)
MySelf is used to handle the current control...
Natif Informix Connector for WINDEV and WEBDEV
WINDEV and WEBDEV propose an optional Native Connector to Informix (also called Native Access......
Native Progress Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use a Progress database with the Native Connector, you must ......
Trace (Function)
Displays the requested information (content of a control, for example) in a window opened next...
ControlClone (Function)
Creates a new control from an existing control.
Choosing the type of image: dynamic, static, generated, ...
The images are often used to illustrate the site pages......