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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...
Dynamic instantiation of object
An object can be dynamically associated with a class, we talk of dynamic instantiation of object......
TableCollapse (Function)
Collapses: a branch that was previously expanded in a TreeView Table control. a break...
HReadPrevious (Function)
Sets the position on the previous record of a file according to a browse item.
XMLExecuteXPath (Function)
Executes an XPATH query: in an XML document. in an xmlDocument variable....
WDScript overview
WDScript is a WLanguage script editor included with WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile......
Managing HFSQL Cluster
Methods for managing an HFSQL cluster and its databases....
Monitoring robot: Creating a check
The monitor of the monitoring robot is used to create the different checks that must be performed...
CollapsedImage (Property)
The CollapsedImage property is used to: find out and/or modify the default image associated...
Native SQL Server Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The SQL functions can be used to handle the SQL Server database......
Using WDMSG
The different steps for translating the project messages with WDMSG are as follows:...
Currencies
A currency is a real coded on 10 bytes....
Operations available for the dates, times and durations, ...
The following operations are available for the following types of variables......
HCreateMovableReplica (Function)
Creates a movable replication.
Detailed use of WINDEV FTP/RPC
zipChangePath (Function)
Modifies the stored path of a file in an archive (in ZIP, WDZ or 7z format).
ComponentLoad (Function)
Loads an external component. This component can be: an external component present...
UncompleteDir (Function)
Removes the '/' or '\' characters from the end of a string, if necessary....
InSeconds (Property)
The InSeconds property is used to convert a Duration variable to seconds.
InMilliseconds (Property)
The InMilliseconds property is used to convert a Duration variable to milliseconds.
HModifyTask (Function)
Modifies a scheduled task on the HFSQL server defined by the connection.
BarVisible (Property)
The BarVisible property is used to manage the selection bar on a column in a Table or TreeView...
xlsCurrentWorksheet (Function)
Used to find out and modify the current worksheet in an XLS file.
LeftIndent (Property)
The LeftIndent property is used to get and change the space to the left of the text in a control.
grStockGetData (Function)
Retrieves a data from a stock chart (candlestick, barcharts or minmax).
WinSlidingVisible (Function)
Displays or hides a sliding window (sliding menu).