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Version: 2025

Project configuration
Project configurations allow you to adapt the same project to multiple "targets"...
Organizing the directories of a project
When creating a project, a directory specific to this project is automatically created...
Creating a Java project
WINDEV allows you to generate a Java application without even knowing the Java language...
Debugger: Step-by-step project execution
Running a project step-by-step allows you to start the debugger when launching the application...
Project Management Hub: Schedule management
The project contributors can manage their tasks directly from the schedule or from the task list...
Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Creating a WINDEV Mobile project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Transforming a WINDEV project into Mobile: a detailed audit
Transforming WINDEV applications into Mobile is very easy...
Cleaning the project
After months or years of development and maintenance, the directory of your project often contains several files that are not used anymore but that you don't dare delete...
Query and project
Project with multiple analyses
A single WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile project can now use multiple analyses (data descriptions)...
Project functions
List of functions for managing projects
Duplicating a project
Duplicating a project allows you to have two identical projects with the same name but found in different directories...
Testing and debugging a project on the development computer
The test of the entire project allows you to simulate the start of the application with the executable...
Project Management Hub: Presentation
The Project Management Hub is used to organize and schedule a project, from design to delivery...
Project compilation: Warning, Error, Information, Programming standard...
When developing a project, the project is compiled on a regular basis.
Project dashboard
The project dashboard provides an overall view of project status via different widgets....
Project elements
The project includes windows, reports, queries, help files, sets of procedures, ...
Making a backup of a project
It is possible to regularly make a backup of the different elements of a project...
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Common project
Projects are often cross-platform...
Project anomalies: dead code and orphan elements
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to easily detect these "dead codes" and "orphan" elements.
Restoring a project backup
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to regularly save the different elements of your project in an archive file (ZIP extension)...
Test a static project
The test of the entire project allows simulating the startup of the site...
Events associated with the project
List of events associated with the project
Project image gallery
The project image gallery allows viewing all the images of a project in a single click...
Recompiling the project
The project compilation is a process used to...
Project comparator
Comparing two windows (two pages, two reports, two classes, ...
Renaming a project
Renaming a project is used ton modify the name of the project. All the elements linked to the project before it is renamed are kept.
Environment of the project editor
The main elements of the project editor are as follows:
WINDEV Mobile: Platforms, processors and operating systems
WINDEV Mobile applications can run on the following platforms
Creating an application that manages the Euro
The method for creating an application supporting the switch to the Euro is as simple as the method for creating a WINDEV application.
Carrying over the differences from an element to another one
The project comparator is used to compare two elements and to list the differences found...
The "Favorites" pane
The "Favorites" pane gives direct access to the favorites of your project...
Code statistics
The code statistics affect...
Window for quick selection
You are searching for a project element? You only know part of its name? Press [CTRL]+[E] to open the quick selection window...
Time management
For each element (windows, reports, ...
Importing and consuming SOAP web services
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to directly import web services into your applications...
Custom tooltips
Tooltips are very useful for application users...
Global procedure/function
A global procedure can be used in all the processes or events of the project.
Using several libraries in an application
A library is a WDL file that contains all the resources...
Business rules
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to manage the business rules...
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...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Share your projects via Git
Git is a source code manager...
Site testing: the different types of tests available
WEBDEV includes multiple methods for testing your sites...
Custom-Folders
"Custom-Folders" simplify the organization of projects, allowing you to group the elements of your application by themes...
Debugging without using a debugger
In some cases, running a program or a site with or without the debugger can produce different results...
Local procedure
Two types of procedures are available...
ProjectInfo (Function)
Returns specific information about the project currently run.
FishEye
The "FishEye" effect is used to enlarge a section of editor graphs (analysis graph, UML graph, ...
HOpenComplementaryAnalysis (Function)
Opens a new analysis, but keeps the main analysis of the application.
Test of a WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile application
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile feature multiple methods to test applications...
Testing a Mobile application
By testing the project you can simulate how the application will run when launched by the user...
Managing pinned projects
The home window of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allows you to manage the pinned projects when opening an existing project...
Running the test of a report
The test of a single report allows you to run the current report in WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV...
The different types of windows
The following types of windows can be created in a WINDEV application......
"About" window
The "About" window is used to display and access various information about the current...
Creating the executable and the setup program
The languages supported by the application are taken into account......
Coloring the procedures
A color (text color) can be assigned to the procedures so that they can be easily classified...
Code coverage
The code coverage is the measure regarding the coverage of tests run on an application or site......
Managing the analysis versions
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to manage the different versions of the analysis...
Custom-Folders in the analysis
Several file descriptions can be grouped into a "Custom-Folder"......
CustomMenu
The CustomMenu allows you to create a custom menu in the menu bar of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV...
The "Analysis" pane
The "Analysis" pane lists......
SCM administrator: Managing the repository
of different projects included in the Source Code Manager......
Code history
The code history is used to......
Zombie procedures
In most cases, old code contains procedures that are used but that do no longer match the current...
ERR_LAUNCH_FAILED
Analysis links
The links are used to link the files found in an analysis between themselves......
7. Multilingual applications in practice
Finding the unused WEBDEV styles
In most cases, most of the presentation styles are created when designing a site......
The key items
Keys are specific items in your analysis......
Developing multilingual applications
A multilingual application is an application that can be distributed in several languages......
Using the Control Centers in Client/Server mode
All the Control Centers provided with WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile use the same database......
Using RAD patterns
The steps for creating a RAD pattern are as follows......
Generating the RAD pattern
To generate a RAD pattern:...