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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)...
Creating an executable without library
When creating an executable, you can choose not to use a library or not to include all the elements of the project in the library...
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...
Anchoring applied to window controls
The windows of a WINDEV application can be resized at runtime...
Creating a window skin template
DisplayFormat (Property)
The DisplayFormat property gets and sets the expected display format for a given text: plain text, RTF or Markdown.
Size (Property)
The Size property is used to determine and change the size of an element.
WDInst: Configuring the setup computer
When creating the setup program, WDInst allows you to configure the computer where the program will be installed......
ColumnWidth (Property)
The ColumnWidth property is used to get and change the width of each column in a multi-column Looper control.
Customizing the setup program (Plug-in)
In a setup program, you may want to customize some actions......
InputFormula (Property)
The InputFormula property is used to: find out whether the end user can enter or change formulas in a Spreadsheet control. allow or prevent the end user from entering or changing formulas in a Spreadsheet control....
Multi-touch support
A multitouch feature is a technique allowing the user to interact with a device via several contact points (the fingers are used in most cases)....
Docker image of the WEBDEV Application Server
From with version 24, a Docker container with the WEBDEV Application Server can be found in Docker Hub......
Manipulating an HTML Display control in the code
The HTML Display control is used to display a Web page in an application......
Types of recognized PCL printers
WINDEV and WEBDEV allow you to automatically print for a number of specific PCL printers......
Code indentation
When typing compound statements ("Switch", "For" and "While", for example), the code is automatically indented to highlight the structure of the loops used in the program......
AnimationDuration (Property)
The AnimationDuration property is used to know and define the length of time an animation takes to complete one cycle: in a Chart control. This duration is set to 30 hundredths of a second by default. in an infinite Progress Bar control. This duration is set to 200 hundredths of a second by default. in an Image Gallery Looper control....
Scroll (Property)
The Scroll property gets and sets the scroll value in a Scrollbar or Range Slider control.
TitleHeader (Property)
The TitleHeader property is used to: Get the title and aspect of a column title-header (Table or TreeView Table control). Get the number of column title-headers (Table or TreeView Table control). Change the title and aspect of a column title-header (Table or TreeView Table control)....
InputValue (Property)
The InputValue property is used to: find out whether the end user can enter or change values in a Spreadsheet control. allow or prevent the end user from entering or changing values in a Spreadsheet control....
In-App purchases
The mobile systems (Android/iOS) allow their applications to propose content at extra cost, by using the payment system of App Store or Google Play......
WorksheetName (Property)
The WorksheetName property is used to get or change the name of the current worksheet in a Spreadsheet control.
WithRotation (Property)
The WithRotation property is used to: enable or disable the rotate gesture on a Map control, determine whether the rotate gesture is enabled on a Map control....
WithScroll (Property)
The WithScroll property is used to: enable or disable the scroll gesture on a Map control, determine whether the scroll gesture is enabled on a Map control....
Automatic data file modification
The automatic data file modification updates the description of data files on user computers......
15. Repeating a group of controls: loopers
StoreTheConfiguration (Property)
The StoreTheConfiguration property is used to: Determine whether the configuration of the panes in a dynamic Tab control or Ribbon control is automatically saved and restored. Modify the configuration of the panes in a dynamic Tab control or Ribbon control so that it is automatically saved and restored (or not)...
Debugging without debugger
In some cases, running a program or a site with or without the debugger can produce different results......
Setup mode
Several methods can be used to distribute a WINDEV application......
Conditions for using a .NET assembly
Before using a .NET assembly, a specific configuration is required......