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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...
HReadNext (Function)
Sets the position on the next data file record according to a browse item.
SelectionOnly (Property)
The SelectionOnly property is used to: Find out which elements of the Table or TreeView Table...
PhysicalName (Property)
The PhysicalName property is used to manage the physical name of HFSQL data files.
LabelNumberToStart (Property)
The LabelNumberToStart property is used to: Find out the number of the label on the label sheet...
TableToWord (Function)
Creates a Word file (.RTF) from the data found in a Table or TreeView Table control.
ControlNoSpace (Function)
Specifies whether the space characters on the right of the value found in the control are deleted.
sEvent (Function)
Branches an event on a serial port.
xlsColumnTitle (Function)
Retrieves the title of a column found in an XLS file.
Assignment operators
Three assignment operators are available......
Count (Property)
The Count property returns the number of elements in a given set.
HImportText (Function)
Imports a Text file into a data file in HFSQL Classic or Client/Server format (data file described...
The "Column" charts
The data is interpreted as "columns" whose height is proportional to the value of data......
New (Reserved word)
New is used to allocate memory space...
SetFocusAndReturnToUserInput (Function)
Stops the current process, sets the focus to the specified control, window or page, and allows...
12. External component in practice
Organizing the directories of a project
When creating a project, a directory specific to this project is automatically created......
12. Pages in practice
Data source (Type of variable)
A Data source variable is used to describe a temporary data source (query, view, alias, ...)
SubCaption (Property)
The SubCaption property is used to get and change: the secondary caption of an option found...
ControlInvisible (Function)
Makes a control (or a group of controls) invisible in a window. An animation can be set...
grScatterGetDataXY (Function)
Retrieves data from a "Scatter" chart.
CheckBoxInsert (Function)
Inserts a new option into a Check Box control.
AnimationDuration (Property)
The AnimationDuration property is used to know and define the length of time an animation takes...
OCRExtractText (Function)
Reads the text contained in an image.
STOP (Reserved word)
STOP is used to call the WLanguage debugger during a test in the editor...