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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...
FTPTime (Function)
Returns the different times (creation, modification or access) associated with a file found...
ExceptionPropagate (Function)
Propagates an exception.
ExceptionRestoreParameter (Function)
Restores the exception process of a process.
ColorHue (Function)
Calculates the hue of a color.
ColorSaturation (Function)
Calculates the saturation of a color.
ColorLightness (Function)
Calculates the lightness of a color.
iSkipPage (Function)
Generates a page break: the corresponding code is sent to the printer queue.
RegistrySetValue (Example)
Usage example of the RegistrySetValue function
RegistryCreateKey (Example)
Usage example of the RegistryCreateKey function
OKCancel (Function)
Displays a message in a standard dialog box that proposes "OK" and "Cancel" and returns the user's...
LooperModify (Function)
Changes the values of the attributes in a row of a Looper control.
RegistrySetValue (Function)
Writes a value to a key in the Windows registry.
ErrorRestoreParameter (Function)
Restores the error process of a process.
ErrorInfo (Function)
Retrieves information about the last error that occurred in a function of a WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile...
WiFiAddNetwork (Function)
Adds a new network to the list of Wi-Fi networks configured on the device.
fMemExist (Function)
Checks the existence of a shared memory zone.
HSecurity (Function)
Enables or disables the automatic security mechanism on one or more data files.
HUnlockFile (Function)
Unlocks the records of a data file: locked by HLockFile. individually locked by a locking...
zipCurrentFile (Function)
Returns the name of the archived file currently handled by the functions for adding and extracting...
grAutoRefreshCategoryLabel (Function)
Identifies or defines whether the category labels are refreshed whenever the chart is drawn.
NetworkConnect (Function)
Associates a drive with a shared network directory.
Events associated with windows
List of events associated with windows...
NbPendingThread (Property)
The NbPendingThread property is used to get the number of pending threads in a queue or in a stack.
grPointInfo (Function)
Returns the screen coordinates of a point or the screen coordinates of a value found in a chart.
HDeleteBackup (Function)
Deletes a backup previously created with HBackup.