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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.
Thread management functions
List of functions for managing threads...
MapMode (Property)
The MapMode property determines and changes how the map is displayed in the Map control.
TimestampUTC (Property)
The TimestampUTC property is used to: Find out whether a timestamp item will use UTC time...
WinEdCreateNote (Function)
Creates a Repositionable Note control.
CalculatedDefaultValue (Property)
The CalculatedDefaultValue property is used to: Find out the SQL expression that defines...
PersistedCalculatedItem (Property)
The PersistedCalculatedItem property is used to: Find out whether the value of a calculated...
TestCheckFalse (Function)
Checks whether an expression is false in assertive programming and in automated test mode.
Filter (Function)
Returns an array containing the elements of a source array for which a procedure returns True.
HTMLEnableDebugger (Function)
Enables the HTML/JavaScript debugger on CEF-based HTML controls: HTML Display or HTML Editor...
ModbusWriteFloat (Function)
Writes one or more single-precision floats to a Modbus slave, starting at a specific address.
ModbusWriteRegister (Function)
Writes one or more registers (16-bit values) to a Modbus slave, starting at a specific address.
FullName (Property)
The FullName property is used to find out the full name: of a control. of a window....
MarginHeight (Property)
The MarginHeight property is used to: Find out the vertical margin between the widgets found...
Left (Function)
Extracts the left part (i.e., the first characters) from a string or buffer.
ControlContextMenu (Function)
Identifies the control on which the context menu was opened.
MatDeterminant (Function)
Calculates the determinant of a square matrix (the number of rows is equal to the number...
ComboClose (Function)
Closes the drop-down list in a Combo Box control (simple or multi-column Combo Box control).
MatRead (Function)
Reads the value of a matrix element.
SQLSeek (Function)
Positions on the specified result row of the query.
SQLClose (Function)
Declares the end of the query execution and frees the memory resources allocated...
HRetrieveRecord (Function)
Returns the content of the current record (in a file, a view or a query, ...).
tapiDial (Function)
Dials a phone number for a voice line.
ContactReset (Function)
Reinitializes: the Contact structure. a Contact variable....
MaxThumbnailHeight (Property)
The MaxThumbnailHeight property is used to get and change the maximum height of a thumbnail...
dModifyHue (Function)
Changes the hue of an image: in an Image control, in an Image variable....