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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...
HTTPCancelForm (Function)
Cancels the declaration of an HTTP form and frees all its resources.
HInitHF55 (Function)
Used to access specific functions for managing xBase (or dBase) data if Native xBase Access...
Binding Bar Code controls to items
A Bar Code control can be bound to an item in a data file, query, etc....
grSmoothing (Function)
Smoothes a Line chart or a Scatter chart by using the "cubic splines" algorithm.
iPrintBlock (Function)
Forces a report block to print.
dModifyHSL (Function)
Modifies the hue, the saturation and the lightness of an image found: in an Image control,...
LooperSelect (Function)
Returns the index of the selected element in a Looper control.
LooperSelectMinus (Function)
Deselects a row in a Looper control.
iListNestedReports (Function)
Returns: the list of nested reports currently printed (reports run by iPrintReport in one...
HExportXML (Function)
Exports the records found in a data file (HFSQL or OLE DB), view or query to an XML file.
Complete (Function)
Returns a character string of a specified length.
HRplManageItem (Function)
Specifies the replication options for an item: the item can be replicated or not.
HModifyUser (Function)
Modifies the information about a user according to the elements found in the corresponding...
XMLFindNamespaceByName (Function)
Finds an XML namespace according to its XML node and in the parents of the node.
SchedulerAddResource (Function)
Adds a new resource into a Scheduler control.
BTStatus (Function)
Returns the current Bluetooth activation status on the device or asks to be notified...
HDeleteDirectory (Function)
Deletes a directory from an HFSQL Client/Server database....
MapGetPosition (Function)
Returns the geographical position of the point located in the center of the map currently displayed...
TelemetryConfigure (Function)
Gets and sets the telemetry settings.
SOAPToHTTP (Function)
Builds the HTTP request to call a function of a Webservice. This request can be modified to adapt...
DateTimeToEpoch (Function)
Converts a local datetime to Epoch format (number of time units since 01/01/1970 at 00h00 UTC)....
MemDelete (Function)
Deletes an element from a memory zone.
Exp (Function)
Calculates the exponential of a numeric value (reverse of Napierian logarithm).
Ln (Function)
Calculates the Napierian logarithm (reverse of exponential) of a numeric value.
Log (Function)
Calculates the decimal logarithm of a numeric value.