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Version: 2025

Automatic Drag and Drop
For some types of controls, WINDEV and WEBDEV offer an automatic management of Drag and Drop.
Drag and Drop functions
The following functions are used to manage Drag and Drop:
Drag and Drop
Drag and Drop is used to transfer data between several controls with the mouse. This data can be moved between several controls found in the same application or in different applications.
WINDEV: Example of programmed Drag and Drop
ExplorerRetrieve (Function)
Retrieves the number and the name of the files "dropped" from the explorer.
HTML 5: Example of programmed drag-and-drop management
To make a WEBDEV website more interactive, you have the ability to implement Drag and Drop in the pages.
EmulateDnD (Function)
Emulates a "Drag & Drop" gesture in automated tests.
Drag-and-drop operation set programmatically
The programmed Drag and Drop is used to entirely manage Drag/Drop between the different types of controls...
FramesetUse (Function)
Displays a WEBDEV frameset in the user's browser and closes all the current page and frameset contexts....
CurrentPage (Function)
Returns the name of the page containing the WLanguage code currently run.
PreviousPage (Function)
Returns the name of the previous page.
SemiDynamicPageDisplay (Function)
Displays a semi-dynamic page in the browser of the Web user from a dynamic or static WEBDEV page.
xmlAttribute (Type of variable)
The xmlAttribute type is used to handle the attributes of a node in an XML document.
ExecuteAncestor (Function)
When the code is overridden, used to run the process of the template corresponding to the process of the current control.
LeapYear (Function)
Indicates whether the specified year is a leap year or not.
<DateTime type>.ToEpoch (Function)
Converts a local datetime to Epoch format (number of time units since 01/01/1970 at 00h00 UTC)....
Management errors specific to Native Connectors
When an HFSQL function fails (returns False for example), the corresponding error number is returned by HError......
Training sessions organized by PC SOFT
PC SOFT proposes several training classes, according to your own requirements......
Site test: the different types of tests
WEBDEV includes multiple methods for testing your sites......
Color palettes
The color palettes are an easy way to customize the visual aspect of a site......
Hint (Property)
The Hint property gets and sets the hint text displayed when the Edit control is empty.
Common project
Projects are often cross-platform......
zipListFile (Function)
Returns the list of files found in an archive.
Telemetry: Overview
From version 21, WINDEV proposes advanced statistics regarding the use of your WINDEV applications via the telemetry......
RightToLeft (Property)
The RightToLeft property is used to get the writing direction on a control, column, window or report.
SelectedText (Property)
The SelectedText property is used to get and change the text selected in an Edit control, editable Combo Box control or editable column in a Table control.
SCM: Management of branches
The management of branches is used to manage several versions of the same application in parallel......
Merge (Property)
The Merge property is used to merge the cells of a Table or TreeView Table control.
VisibleOutsideWindow (Property)
The VisibleOutsideWindow property is used to: determine if a button is visible even if its position (X,Y) is outside the border of the window (entirely or partially). modify the visibility of an "off-window" button....
AutomaticTooltip (Property)
The AutomaticTooltip property is used enable or disable automatic tooltips on List Box, Table and TreeView Table controls.
TypeFiles (Property)
The TypeFiles property is used to get and change the filter available in the file picker of the Upload control.
StoreTheValue (Property)
The StoreTheValue property is used to: Find out whether a control keeps its value between two application starts via the persistence. Modify a control so that it keeps (or not) its value between two application starts via the persistence....
CalculatorButton (Property)
The CalculatorButton property is used to determine and indicate whether a Numeric or Currency Edit control has a button to display a popup calculator.