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Version: 2025

Tab order in a window, a page, etc.
The tab order of the controls found in a window or in a page describes the order in which the controls take focus in a window when the user presses the [Tabulation] key...
Viewing a window in 3 dimensions
Your window contains overlapping controls?...
The "Modifier"pane
The "Modifier" pane is used to view and/or modify, from the window editor, page editor or report editor, the main characteristics...
Skin template
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to customize the interface of your applications via several preset interfaces...
Handling the views of a window
To easily handle huge windows (that cannot be entirely displayed in the editor for example), WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile allows you to handle several views of the same window...
Snap to grid
The different editors of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to align the elements via a snap-on grid...
The "Window position preview" pane
The "Window position preview" pane is used to view and/or modify the opening position of the windows currently modified (according to the screen resolution used)...
Creating a skin template from an existing skin template
You can create a skin template from an existing skin template (provided by PC SOFT, for example)...
Enlarging a window or page
Modern UIs generally use larger windows, pages and fonts...
Testing a window
Testing a single window allows you to run the current window in WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile...
Special paste
The Special paste command is used to explicitly choose the format in which the clipboard content will be pasted in the window editor...
Copying the style of a control
Copying the style of a control consists in copying the characteristics of a control style into another control...
WINDEV: Windows created via the RAD model
The window creation wizard offers many types of windows associated with HFSQL data files...
Automatic positioning
When moving a control in a window, in a page or in a report, guides are automatically displayed by the real-time interface checker (also called automatic positioning)...
Spacing out a selection of controls
To create modern interfaces, you need to increase spacing between the controls in your windows...
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...
Zoom in the different editors
All editors of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to zoom in on the different elements displayed in the editor...
Interface checker
The advanced interface checker is a tool that allows you to improve the layout of controls in the different windows of the application...
Project comparator
Comparing two windows (two pages, two reports, two classes, ...
Alignment options
To optimize the alignment of controls in a window, page or report, you have the ability to use the alignment options...
Alignment rulers (Editor)
When creating or modifying a window in the window editor, you have the ability to display the alignment rulers...
Code statistics
The code statistics affect...
Creating a window skin template
Currency + Euro type
In a WINDEV application or in a WEBDEV site, the Euro must be managed in all the controls used to enter or display currency values......
Modal windows
The window that opens another window is called parent window; the window opened by the parent window is called child window......
Multilingual project
5. Modal, non-modal or MDI windows
Modal, non-modal or MDI windows...
1. Project and Analysis
The development of a Windows application with WINDEV is based on two main elements: the Project and the Analysis....
ProgressBarColor (Property)
The ProgressBarColor property is used to get and change the progress color in the following controls and elements: Progress Bar control, Progress Bar column, Progress Bar cell, infinite Progress Bar control....
Importing elements into a project
All the elements handled by a project (window, report, classes, set of procedures, queries, ......
UI audit: Detect obsolete features
The lifecycle of some projects span several years......
Testing a project: setting
By testing the project you can simulate how the application will run......
Convert your WINDEV applications into websites
A widespread need today is to transform Windows applications (or parts of applications) into dynamic websites......
WBSetup: Managing additional languages
The "WBSetup" project corresponds to the standard setup program of WEBDEV sites......
Y (Property)
The Y property is used to: Find out the Y-coordinate of a control or window (position on Y-axis). Modify the Y-coordinate of a control or window....
Importing a WINDEV window into a Mobile project
The WINDEV windows not having the same format in WINDEV Mobile, WINDEV Mobile gives you the ability to import a WINDEV window into a WINDEV Mobile project......
Integrating a WEBDEV site into a WINDEV application
By integrating a website into a window in a desktop application, you can share existing elements and boost productivity......
Search in the editors
Being able to perform a search in the editors significantly improves efficiency......
Sliding window (sliding menu)
The sliding windows (also called sliding menus) are often used in the mobile applications......
WDAPI: Help about the APIs
WDAPI simplifies the use of Windows APIs in a WINDEV application......
URL (Property)
The URL property is used to: Get the address associated with a control. Change the address associated with a control....
Translucent effect of windows
Depending on the style of your applications, the border of your windows can be translucent......
Ribbon of editors
The different options of the WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile editors are presented via a ribbon......
Open (Function)
Opens a modal WINDEV window.
The Duration control: Input or display masks
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile propose two types of masks......
Generating a description of a data file from a window or from a page
When you design a quick prototype, you often create windows (or pages) without defining any data files......