Developing applications in Universal Windows 10 App mode

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Developing applications in Universal Windows 10 App mode

Overview

Creating a project for Universal Windows 10 App with WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile

Running the test of a Universal Windows 10 App project

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Developing applications in Universal Windows 10 App mode

Overview

WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to develop applications for Windows 10 tablets and for Windows Phone 10 and Windows 10 phones (Universal Windows 10 App applications).

The method for developing Universal Windows 10 App applications with WINDEV (or WINDEV Mobile) is identical to the method for developing applications for Windows or Windows Mobile except for some differences. The application test can also be run on the development computer in Windows 10.

Remark:
To generate and check applications for Windows Store apps, the Windows 10 SDK must be installed. See Universal Windows 10 App applications: Required configuration for more details.
CAUTION: The Windows 10 SDK can only be installed on Windows 8 and later.

Caution: The development of applications in Universal Windows 10 mode is available for test in this version. We advise you not to distribute the applications on the stores.

Creating a project for Universal Windows 10 App with WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile

To create a Universal Windows 10 App project with WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile:

Click among the quick access buttons.
The element creation window appears: click "Project".
The project creation wizard starts. Choose the name and location of your project. You have the ability to enter a short description of the project. Go to the next step.
Add (if necessary) design documents to the project. Go to the next step.
In the "Description - Type of project" step, select "Universal Windows 10 App". Go to the next step.
Specify the location of Windows 10 SDK required to generate applications. If the SDK was installed, the setup path is automatically proposed ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin" for example).
See Installing the Windows 10 SDK for more details.
Go to the next step.
Select the type of device for which the application is created (phone, tablet, PC).
The rest of the wizard is performed like for any other platform. See Creating a WINDEV Mobile project for more details.

Analyzing a Universal Windows 10 App project

A Universal Windows 10 App project can be associated with an analysis. The data files can be in HFSQL Classic and HFSQL Client/Server format.

Remark: From version 19, HFSQL is the new name of HyperFileSQL.

Running the test of a Universal Windows 10 App project

Several test modes are available for the Universal Windows 10 App applications:

The project Go in the simulator of WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile.
The project execution in Windows 10.

Project Go in the simulator directly

This test starts a test window of the product in which the Universal Windows 10 App application is run. This test allows you to use the debugger. However, several differences can be noticed compared to a real execution. Indeed, the simulation is using the PC and not the Windows 10 device in Tile mode.

Run the application test in real: running the project in tile mode

The option "Run the application test in real" allows you to run your project in tile mode, from Windows 10 directly. The Universal Windows 10 App application must be generated.

If the application was not generated, WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile proposes to generate the application.
If the application was already generated, it is automatically generated with the last generation parameters.

See Generating a Universal Windows 10 App application for more details.