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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...
NotifDelete (Function)
Deletes a notification displayed in the system bar of the device.
MQTT functions
The following functions are used to manage MQTT clients...
Width (Property)
The Width property gets and changes the width: of a control or block in a report....
fOpen (Function)
Opens an external file (ANSI or UNICODE) in order to handle it through programming.
TableMoveLine (Function)
Moves a row or swaps two rows in a Table control.
The "Radar" charts
The Radar chart is used to highlight a series according to another one......
IMAP protocol
The IMAP protocol is a standard protocol for managing emails......
xmlSignatureReference (Type of variable)
The xmlSignatureReference type is used to add a reference section into the XML signature.
Modified (Property)
The Modified property is used to determine if a control or group of controls has been modified...
TableSelect (Function)
Returns the index of the selected element in the Table or TreeView Table control.
gImage (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters containing an image.
HSetDuplicates (Function)
Enables or disables the management of duplicates on a unique key.
LooperSavePositionAndSelection (Function)
Saves: the position of the scrollbar in a Looper control, the selected element(s)....
<Organizer>.SelectPlus (Function)
Selects an appointment in an Organizer control.
EncryptGenerateRSAKey (Function)
Generates an RSA private/public key pair....
HTMLEditorGetSelection (Function)
Asynchronously retrieves the current selection from an HTML Editor control.
MenuAdd (Function)
Adds an existing popup menu into the main menu of the current window.
VideoGenerateThumbnail (Example)
Usage example of the VideoGenerateThumbnail function
sfError (Type of variable)
The sfError type is used to find out the characteristics of an error returned by Salesforce...
sfSaveResult (Type of variable)
The sfSaveResult type is used to find out the result of SFAdd and SFModify...
sfExecuteQueryResult (Type of variable)
The sfExecuteQueryResult type is used to find out the result of SFForwardQuery...
TableBreakIndex (Function)
Returns the index of the break header and footer for a given break in a Table control.
TableSearchChild (Function)
Searches for a value in a column of a TreeView Table control, in a specified branch.
The Web Camera control
...The Web Camera control is used to view a file that is refreshed at regular time intervals....
GPSDetectPosition (Function)
Asks to be notified when the device gets close to a given location.