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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...
fClose (Function)
Closes an external file.
LooperInsert (Function)
Inserts a row into a Looper control.
LooperDeleteAll (Function)
Deletes all rows from a Looper control populated programmatically.
fSize (Function)
Returns the size of a file (in bytes).
DateDifference (Function)
Calculates the number of days between two dates.
HDeleteFile (Function)
Deletes the HFSQL data files (.fic, .ndx, .ftx and .mmo files if they exist) from the server.
ControlToSource (Function)
Assigns the control value to the source of a control link.
EmailBuildSource (Function)
Generates the source code of the email message to be sent from the variables in the Email structure...
Installing and starting WDTRAD
dbgCheckEqual (Function)
Checks whether the expressions are equal in assertive programming and in automated test mode.
ExceptionThrow (Function)
Artificially triggers the security mechanism of WLanguage by throwing an exception.
HTMLNavigate (Function)
Starts navigation in an HTML Display control.
HState (Function)
Used to find out the state of a record.
HActivateServerTrigger (Function)
Re-enables a server trigger that was disabled by HDeactivateServerTrigger.
ThreadCurrent (Function)
Returns the name of the thread currently run.
UUEncode (Function)
Encodes a character string according to the UUEncode algorithm.
BufferToInteger (Function)
Extracts an integer from a binary buffer at a given position.
LooperDisplay (Function)
Refreshes a Looper control based on a data file from a given position: the modifications performed...
ControlCurrent (Function)
Returns the name of the control currently in edit.
TimeValid (Function)
Checks the time validity.
FinPaymentNb (Function)
Returns the number of payments required to pay off a capital according to a given rate.
HTTPTimeOut (Function)
Sets the timeout for WLanguage functions that use the HTTP protocol (HTTPRequest, SOAPExecute,...
iPageHeightLeft (Function)
Calculates the available height (in millimeters) left on the current page while taking into account...
Easter (Function)
Returns the date of Easter for the specified year according to the western Christian calendar.
fRename (Function)
Modifies the name of a file.