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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 application for sending emails found 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,.
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
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.
SMSRunApp (Function)
Starts the native application for sending SMSs found on the device (Android or iPhone/iPad).
How to create a patch?
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)...
Developing applications for Android
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for the Android operating system...
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.
Setup in MSI format
You can create MSI installers...
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.
Customizing the guide
The guide is a powerful search engine included in WINDEV, allowing you to find all referenced...
13. Debugger
The Repositionable Note control
in your applications......
WDLog: Saving HFSQL data files
WDLog allows you to save all the HFSQL data files used by a WINDEV or WEBDEV application......
Step 6: User Groupware settings
If the site is configured to use the user groupware, the parameters of the groupware database can...
Reading bar codes
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create applications for reading bar codes......
Step 2: Files to install
The setup program creation wizard allows you to select the files that will be installed...
Setup of a WEBDEV site: Automatic data file modification
The automatic modification of the data files allows updating the description of data files...
Step 5: Site parameters
Once the site installed, you can define the site connection options......
DeleteVoiceCommand (Function)
Deletes a voice command that was added by AddVoiceCommand. From version 17, this function...
AddVoiceCommand (Function)
Adds a voice command into the current window. From version 17, this function is replaced...
1. WLanguage functions
Most of the WLanguage functions available in WINDEV are also available in WINDEV Mobile....
Handling Native Container controls programmatically
The Native Container control returns an handle/identifier......
Dark theme on mobile devices
The latest versions of mobile OSs allow you to switch applications to a dark theme to reduce...
Replication server for the assisted universal replication
The assisted universal replication can use a replication server......
6. Layouts
...Layouts are used to define several views of a window in the same project without duplicating...
WDInst: Configuring the setup computer
When creating the setup program, WDInst allows you to configure the computer where the program will...
Creating, generating and deploying a web service
WINDEV and WEBDEV allow you to directly generate web services that use the SOAP technology......
SysNation (Function)
Returns the nation currently used by the system.
WinAnimationNext (Function)
Modifies the type and duration of animations used when opening and closing the next window.
The SOAP structure
To pass parameters to a procedure run on a SOAP server, WINDEV is using the following structure......
AppDeleteVersion (Function)
Deletes a version from the history of versions found on the reference setup server.
The Captcha control
The "captcha" are the distorted texts that the Web user must decode and re-enter in a site...
Action Bar of a window
Action Bars replace the title bar of a window and display different types of information......
Validity period of site pages
When creating a page, a validity period can be defined for this page......