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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...
FTPDate (Function)
Returns the different dates of a file (date the file was created, modified or accessed) located...
NumToFinancialWritingChinese (Function)
Converts a numeric value (integer, real or currency) to a string in the Chinese financial writing...
gpwAddAuthLogin (Function)
Adds a login button (Facebook, Google, Microsoft, etc.) in the login window or page.
PDFReaderSeekFirst (Function)
Initializes the search for a text in a PDF file displayed by the PDF Reader control and positions...
CheckAllTrue (Function)
Returns True if all the elements of an array are True.
CheckAllFalse (Function)
Returns True if all the elements of an array are False.
LoadWDL (Function)
Loads a library of WINDEV objects in memory (.WDL).
SysDirStorageCard (Function)
Returns the path of the root directory of the primary external storage space.
FTPSend (Function)
Transfers a file or directory to an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
FontSize (Property)
The FontSize property is used to: Identify the size of the font used in a control. Change...
LooperAddLine (Function)
Adds a row at the end of a Looper control.
WinStatus (Function)
Identifies or modifies the window status.
dCopyScreenImage (Function)
Copies the screen content to an Image variable or to an Image control.
HDeclare (Function)
Declares a description of data file (found in an analysis) in the current project.
ChangeSourceWindow (Function)
Dynamically changes the window displayed in an Internal Window control. Scrolling internal...
DeleteLine (Function)
Deletes a line at a given position: from a two-dimensional array. from the advanced array...
WinUsefulSize (Function)
Specifies the useful size of an internal window with automatic scrollbars. The useful size...
ArrayToCSV (Function)
Converts a one-dimensional array or a two-dimensional array into a character string in CSV format.
OrganizerDeleteAppointment (Function)
Deletes an appointment from an Organizer control.
SSH constants
The following constants are used to manage an SSH server:...
ParallelTaskExecuteAfter (Function)
Indicates a continuation parallel task that will be run when one of the specified parallel task...
ParallelTaskExecuteAfterAll (Function)
Indicates a continuation parallel task that will be run when all the tasks found in an array...
fMoveDir (Function)
Moves a directory and its content.
Middle (Function)
Extracts: a substring from a string starting at a specified position. part of a buffer...
dResize (Function)
Resizes an image: in an Image control. in an Image variable. in a picLayer variable]....