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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.
SFMerge (Function)
Merges the Salesforce records (also called Salesforce objects).
HChangeConnection (Function)
Dynamically changes the connection associated with a data file.
HTTPProgressBar (Function)
Displays a progress bar when: receiving the response to an HTTP request. sending an HTTP form...
HToFile (Function)
Copies a data source (file, query, view, ...) to a physical HFSQL file with the same description....
iMargin (Function)
Defines the "logical" print margins.
TimeSys (Function)
Returns or modifies the system time (current time defined for the current computer).
ChangeStyle (Function)
Modifies the style of a control dynamically.
WDAdminHF: Managing the data files
The remote HFSQL administrator proposes a full management of the HFSQL Client/Server databases......
AppleID (Type of variable)
The AppleID type corresponds to the identifier resulting from a successful Apple ID authentication.
LooperAdd (Function)
Adds a row at the end of a Looper control.
ChronoValue (Function)
Indicates the time elapsed (in milliseconds) since the call to ChronoStart.
SFSeekDeleted (Function)
Seeks and retrieves the records (Salesforce objects) deleted during the specified period.
HActivateFilter (Function)
Enables the filter that was previously created for the specified data file (view or query).
SFUndelete (Function)
Restores previously deleted Salesforce records.
SFSeekModified (Function)
Seeks and retrieves the records (Salesforce objects) modified during the specified period.
PDFIsProtected (Function)
Checks whether the PDF file requires a password in order to be read.
InAndroidSimulatorMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in the Android simulator.
InWindowsPhoneSimulatorMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in the Windows Phone simulator. Function kept for backward...
URLExtractPath (Function)
Returns the different elements of a URL: protocol, user, password, domain, port, resource path,...
PropertyExist (Function)
Used to find out whether a property exists on a control or on a class instance.
SexagesimalToDecimal (Function)
Returns the decimal angle corresponding to a sexagesimal angle.
IWListDeleteAll (Function)
Deletes all the internal windows from the list of internal windows browsed by an Internal Window...
IWListNext (Function)
Displays the next internal window in the list of internal windows browsed by an Internal Window...
IWListPrevious (Function)
Displays the previous internal window in the list of internal windows browsed by an Internal Window...
EmailConfigure (Function)
Used to configure the WLanguage functions for email management.