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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...
MenuSelectPlus (Function)
Enables a menu option (popup menu or drop-down menu).
CalendarOpen (Function)
In a Date edit control, opens a popup window displaying a calendar.
Items (Property)
The Items property is used to configure the different items of a full-text index.
InFactoryMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run by an action plan of the software factory.
grPointType (Function)
Modifies the shape of point for a specific category or value found in a Line, Area, Scatter...
MinSourceCardinality (Property)
The MinSourceCardinality property is used to get and modify the minimum cardinality of the source...
SelectColor (Function)
Opens the standard window for color selection and selects the specified color.
SourceKey (Property)
The SourceKey property sets the characteristics of a link.
Connection (Property)
The Connection property gets and sets the connection associated with a data file.
Extension (Property)
The Extension property is used to: get the extension of a file defined in the data model editor...
MsgSortSel (Property)
The MsgSortSel property is used to: Find out the wait message displayed when sorting...
Numerical (Property)
Numerical is used to find out whether an item is a numeric item.
Unavailable functions and properties
Some functions and properties have been removed from WLanguage......
MenuSelectMinus (Function)
Disables (grays out) a menu option (popup menu or drop-down menu).
ClipboardFormat (Function)
Identifies the format of information found in the clipboard.
LooperToWord (Function)
Creates a Word file (.RTF) using the data from a Looper control.
ImageInfoClose (Function)
Closes the image file (in JPEG or TIFF format) used by ImageInfoValue and/or ImageInfoList...
MinimumLength (Property)
The MinimumLength property is used to configure the minimum length of the words to be indexed.
The SilverLight control
The SilverLight control is used to display a SilverLight 2 animation in a WEBDEV page......
StartDate (Property)
The StartDate property is used to determine and change the start date of the selected time period:...
EndDate (Property)
The EndDate property is used to get and change the selected time period end date: in a Calendar...
AutomaticLink (Property)
The AutomaticLink property is used to: determine if the automatic link detection mode...
The Organizer control
The Organizer control is used to display and handle organizers......
Sequencing reports
In some cases, you may want to print several reports one after another, and view...
AAF: Sort on the columns of a Table control
WINDEV allows the user to easily sort the columns of a Table control....