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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,.
SMSRunApp (Function)
Starts the native application for sending SMSs found on the device (Android or iPhone/iPad).
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.
Developing applications for Android
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for the Android operating system...
How to create a patch?
Same source code for 32 and 64-bit applications
The 64-bit operating systems are starting to appear on the PCs and on the servers...
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)...
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
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.
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.
Setup in MSI format
You can create MSI installers...
FontBold (Property)
The FontBold property is used to: Determine if the text is bold. Change the weight...
HCancelSeek (Function)
Cancels the current search criterion.
TextToXML (Function)
Converts an ANSI string to an XML string.
XMLChildExist (Function)
Specifies whether the current tag has children corresponding to the sought type (tag, attribute, ...).
PDFExtractPage (Function)
Extracts a page from a PDF file in a variable of type Image.
InWebserviceMode (Function)
Used to find out whether the execution is in progress in the AWWS engine.
SysColor (Function)
Identifies or modifies the color of a Windows element.
Context menu of windows (AAF)
The popup menu of the windows (right mouse click on the window) contains the following options......
MaxValue (Property)
The MaxValue property is used to: get and set the top value of a report based on a data file....
HFSQL Client/Server database: Recommendations
This help page presents the main recommendations for optimizing the security and performance...
SourceToScreen (Function)
Automatically updates the controls in a window or page with: the values of the bound items...
Seek (Function)
Searches for the index of an element in a WLanguage array.
HCloseAnalysis (Function)
Closes the current analysis.
fReadLine (Function)
Reads a line from an external file (ANSI or UNICODE).
TableDelete (Function)
Deletes a row from: a Table control, a TreeView Table control, a table displayed in a Combo...
HPass (Function)
Defines the password used to create or open a data file.
httpRequest (Type of variable)
The httpRequest type is used to retrieve the advanced characteristics of an HTTP/HTTPS request....
HBackup (Function)
Makes a backup copy of the content of an HFSQL server: all databases on the server, one...
FTPDateTime (Function)
Returns the different dates and times (creation, modification or access) associated with a file...
Infinite Progress Bar control
Progress bars provide useful information to the end user......
Multiline (Property)
In a window or page, the Multiline property is used to: find out and modify the "Multiline"...
NumberPage (Property)
The NumberPage property is used to get: the number of pages in a "multi-page" image file....
Now (Function)
Returns or modifies the system time (current time defined for the current computer).
FinPeriodInterest (Function)
Calculates for a given period the amount of interests due for a loan paid off by fixed periodic...
CriticalSectionStart (Function)
Marks the start of a critical section: no other thread will be able to run the code as long...