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Version: 2025

Activating an application or a site
When distributing an application or a site, you may want to offer both a full version and a limited version...
.NET application
To create a.NET application from a project...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Operating mode of HFSQL application
An HFSQL application can operate in network mode or in Client/Server mode...
Deploying an application that uses an external component
An application that uses one or more external components is deployed in the same way as a standard application...
Application patch
Once an application was installed, the application library had to be reinstalled whenever a modification was performed (WDL file)...
Application installation: single-user or network?
WINDEV proposes several types of setup for a WINDEV application...
Performance profiler
The performance profiler is a tool for checking and optimizing the execution time of your application...
Custom tooltips
Tooltips are very useful for application users...
EmailRunApp (Function)
Starts the native application for sending emails found on the current computer:
  • Computer running Windows,
  • Mobile device (Android, iPhone, iPad).
Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Keyboard shortcuts
The main keyboard shortcuts in the editors are as follows...
Local network (LAN) setup
Deploying a setup on a local area network (LAN) involves installing and updating a WINDEV application via a reference server,.
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
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...
ListDLL (Function)
Returns:
  • runtime List of libraries (".DLL" files) used by the current WINDEV application, WINDEV Mobile or WEBDEV site. Only the libraries loaded in memory are listed.
  • in test mode: all libraries installed on the current workstation.
SMSRunApp (Function)
Starts the native application for sending SMSs found on the device (Android or iPhone/iPad).
How to create a patch?
Creating a WINDEV Mobile project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
MSIX installation packages
Setup by HTTP (Network setup via IP)
The network setup via HTTP consists in installing and updating a WINDEV application via an HTTP server (Live update)...
Developing applications for Android
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for the Android operating system...
Generating and deploying 64-bit applications
WINDEV allows you to automatically generate and install a 64-bit application.
AppDetectUPDAvailable (Function)
Disables or customizes the automatic check for available updates.
Setup in MSI format
You can create MSI installers...
geoRunApp (Function)
Starts the device's native maps application to display:
  • a specific geographical location,
  • a route between two locations.
REP files
REP files contain the list of data files handled by the application.
gBackground (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to define the display color (background color of a text,...
iCloud functions
The functions to handle keys in an Apple iCloud-based container of "key-value" pairs...
CreateShortcut (Example)
Usage example of the CreateShortcut function
Date and Time management functions
List of functions for managing dates and times...
Remote WEBDEV administrator: Managing the error messages
By default, when an error occurs in a dynamic WEBDEV site, an error message is displayed...
Input (Function)
Displays a message allowing the user to type an information.
ArrayAddSorted (Function)
Adds an element to a one-dimensional WLanguage array taking into account: the sort criteria...
Audits
The audits provide a set of features used to automatically improve the project quality...
ExecuteCode (Function)
Runs the WLanguage code found in a character string.
StringDelete (Function)
Deletes: all the occurrences of a substring within a string. part of a string within another...
Communicating with an SSH server
Secure Shell (SSH) is a secure communication protocol. The exchanged data is secured via encryption...
HImportJSON (Function)
Imports a JSON file into a data file in HFSQL Classic format (data file described in the data model...
XMLClose (Function)
Closes an XML document created by XMLDocument.
gPen (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to describe the color of the text and/or the color...
MemCreate (Function)
Creates a memory area.
ListSelectMinus (Function)
Deselects an element in a List Box, ListView or Combo Box control.
BitwiseXOR (Function)
Returns the result of the bitwise exclusive OR operation performed between two values.
DateToWeekNumber (Function)
Returns the week number within the year that corresponds to the specified date.
Abs (Function)
Returns the absolute value: of a numeric value, of a numeric expression (integer or real)....
URLDecode (Function)
Decodes an encoded URL (which means with characters in %xx format).
FTPCurrentDir (Function)
Identifies or modifies the current directory on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
HRetrieveItem (Function)
Returns the content of an item found in the current record (in the data file, view, query, ...).
HDeleteLink (Function)
Deletes an integrity rule between two data files on the server.
grScatterLinkPoint (Function)
Links (or not) the points found in a "Scatter" chart.
H.NbRetry (Variable)
Indicates the number of attempts for locking the file or the record before giving control back...