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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)...
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
The Multimedia control (WEBDEV)
...The Multimedia control is used to easily display a video in the browser....
HTransactionStart (Function)
Starts a transaction on the data files (HFSQL or accessed via a Native Connector) and creates the transaction file.
ExtractString (Function)
Allows you to: extract a substring from a string based on a specified string separator. search for substrings in a string based on a specified string separator....
fRemoveDir (Example)
Usage example of the fRemoveDir function
BurnerAddDirectory (Function)
Adds all the files found in a directory to the compilation.
sWrite (Function)
Writes a character string to the output buffer of the specified serial port, parallel port or infrared port.
sRead (Function)
Reads a character string in the entry buffer of the specified serial port.
2. Performance profiler
WEBDEV Tutorial - Optimizing a WEBDEV project Lesson 2 - Performance profiler - 15 min
Other operators
The following are additional operators......
HSimulateNetwork (Function)
Simulates the operating mode of HFSQL Client/Server on an ADSL or 3G network....
iInitReportQuery (Function)
Initializes the query linked to the report (for a query with parameters).
Automatic Application Features (AAF) of Spreadsheet controls
The Spreadsheet control includes multiple Automatic Application Features (AAF) in order to simplify the use of the control......
Automatic management of exceptions
The management of exceptions can be customized by process......
Testing and debugging a remote site
WEBDEV offers several methods to test and debug a site on the development computer (see The different types of WEBDEV sites)......
WEBDEV: Scheduled tasks and delayed tasks
WEBDEV allows you to implement tasks on the server directly......
TableCollapseAll (Function)
Collapses: the entire hierarchy (all nodes) of a TreeView Table control. all breaks of a Table control....
grCategoryLabel (Function)
Initializes the label of a data category (or section) in a chart.
EmailReadNextHeader (Function)
Reads the header of the email found after the current email according to the protocol used (POP3 or IMAP, Lotus Notes or Outlook).
ServiceRestart (Function)
Restarts a service (already started).
SQLFirst (Example)
Usage example of the SQLFirst function
HChangeKey (Example)
Usage example of the HChangeKey function
WLanguage procedure called by HTrack
WLanguage procedure called by HTrack
grParameter (Function)
Retrieves or modifies a chart parameter.
RESTSend (Function)
Sends a REST request and waits for the server response.
2. Listing products
WEBDEV Tutorial - Creating a website with back office processes Lesson 2 - Listing products - 50 min