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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...
fLoadBuffer (Function)
Loads the content of an external file (text, image, ...) in a buffer variable.
ColorPalette (Function)
Returns a color found in the current palette.
TelemetryAddPassage (Function)
Signals the code execution for a passage sensor.
NoteSaveAll (Function)
Saves the repositionable notes of the current window in a file.
MultitaskRedraw (Function)
Immediately redraws the window controls that will be graphically refreshed.
Count (Function)
Returns the number of occurrences of a control in a window, in a page or in a group of controls.
SemaphoreEnd (Function)
Allows one or more threads to exit from the area protected by the semaphore.
grMask (Function)
Formats the data displayed by grLabel or by grTooltip.
SocketExist (Function)
Checks the existence of socket.
iEndReport (Function)
Forces the report print to stop.
dbgEnableAssert (Function)
Enables or disables the assertive programming.
iPageEnd (Function)
Forces the move to the next page during the report print.
CharactTypeCount (Function)
Returns the number of characters matching a given type.
Interacting with the user
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to communicate with the user via dialog boxes......
iChangeSubReportSource (Function)
Modifies through programming the report associated with a sub-report in a composite report.
OrganizerInfoXY (Function)
Returns for a given position in the Organizer control (coordinates of a point in the organizer):...
HListServer (Function)
Lists the HFSQL servers installed on a computer.
CursorDisplay (Function)
Displays or hides the mouse cursor.
Compress (Function)
Compresses a string or a memory block (buffer) in binary format.
LooperModifyLine (Function)
Changes the values of the attributes in a row of a Looper control based on a data file or populated...
CameraCapture (Function)
Captures the images received from the camera: as an image: takes a photo. as a video: records...
fRead (Function)
Reads: a block of bytes (characters) in an external file (ANSI or Unicode), the content...
New Features brochure - Version 27: New WINDEV features
New features in WINDEV 27 presented in the New Features brochure....
dFill (Function)
Colors an area: in an Image control, in an Image variable, in a WDPic variable...
fLock (Function)
Entirely or partially locks an external file.