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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...
Start of Break block (Break header)
The Start of break block is optional......
ExtractStringBetween (Function)
Allows you to: extract a substring between two given separators from a character string....
Continent (Type of variable)
The Continent type is used to find out the characteristics of a continent.
RightClick (Property)
The RightClick property gets and sets the name of the Button control that will be executed...
Condensed (Property)
The Condensed property is used to: Determine whether a Font variable is condensed. Condense...
Extended (Property)
Extended is used to: Find out whether a Font variable is extended. Extend (or not) a Font...
Large (Property)
Large is used to: Find out whether a Font variable is enlarged. Enlarge (or not) a Font...
RichEdit (Property)
The RichEdit property is used to manage the RTF (Rich Text Format) type: of an edit control...
XImage (Property)
The XImage property is used to get and change the initial X-coordinate of the image section...
YImage (Property)
The YImage property is used to get and change the initial Y-coordinate of the image section...
FileToMemoryTable (Function)
Populates a Table control programmatically with the records from a data file, HFSQL view or query...
Start of Document block
The Start of document block is printed once at the beginning of the report execution......
mongoCollection (Type of variable)
The mongoCollection type is used to define the advanced characteristics of a collection...
LooperToExcel (Function)
Creates an Excel file from the data found in a Looper control (browsing Looper control or memory...
XMLAddChild (Function)
Adds a child tag into an XML document.
Certificate (Type of variable)
The Certificate type is used to handle: the certificates used to sign the strings or the files....
zipArchivedFile (Type of variable)
The zipArchivedFile type is used to handle a file found in an archive in one of the following...
Training sessions organized by PC SOFT
PC SOFT proposes several training classes, according to your own requirements......
Obtaining an SSL certificate for IIS7 (or later)
To get an SSL certificate for IIS 7 (and later), the different steps are as follows:...
Rectangle (Type of variable)
A Rectangle variable is a structured type that is used to represent a rectangle (X, Y, Width,...
TableInsertLineWithAnimation (Function)
Inserts a row into a Table control or into a TreeView Table control with an animation.
Toast (Type of variable)
The Toast type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a toast notification.
Creating and handling an item
The main operations that can be performed on an item are as follows......
Arithmetic operators
The arithmetic operators are......
Time (Type of variable)
The Time type is used to easily handle the times...