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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 email application 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...
sWrite (Function)
Writes a character string to the output buffer of the specified serial port, parallel port...
TableGiveChild (Function)
Returns the "children" of an element (lower level) in a TreeView Table control.
HCS.FrameSize (Variable)
The HCS.FrameSize variable is used to resize the outgoing data frame.
XMLElementName (Function)
Returns the name of current element (tag or attribute).
XMLElementType (Function)
Returns the type of current element (tag or attribute).
HErrorInfo (Function)
Returns a detailed information about the last error triggered by the HFSQL engine.
ArrayUnionAll (Function)
Returns an array corresponding to the union of two arrays (without deleting duplicates).
Unalterable data files
This feature is used to signal that a data file cannot be modified after writing......
External language: Programming in C
We are going to call the elements developed in WINDEV (project, windows, ......
BCDecode (Function)
Decodes the information stored in a QR Code bar code.
GPSGetPosition (Function)
Retrieves information about the current device position.
FontName (Property)
The FontName property is used to: Identify the font used in a control. Change the font used...
zipNbPartNeeded (Function)
Returns the number of parts of a given size required to split a single-part archive.
sRead (Function)
Reads a character string in the entry buffer of the specified serial port.
gFontBold (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to specify whether the text that follows the call...
Process (Property)
The Process property is used to modify the processes to be executed by the events available...
wsRequest (Type of variable)
The wsRequest type is used to define the advanced characteristics of a Webservice.
Mean (Function)
Calculates the mean of several elements: elements found in an array, numeric values, ......
MapDeleteAll (Function)
Deletes the following from a Map control: all markers, all shapes, all images....
FilePath (Property)
The FilePath property gets: the name of the xlsx file associated with a Spreadsheet control....
MinHeight (Property)
The MinHeight property is used to get and change the minimum height of a control or window.
TableDeleteAll (Function)
Deletes all rows from: a Table control populated programmatically, a TreeView Table control...
TableSelectMinus (Function)
Deselects a row from a Table or TreeView Table control.
NoSpace (Function)
Returns a string after removing the spaces: from the left and right side of the initial string....
TableColumnIndex (Function)
Returns the index of a column in a Table or Treeview Table control.