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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
<Diagram editor>.StartModification (Function)
Indicates the start of a series of actions performed in a Diagram Editor control in a single event ("undo/redo")....
<Diagram editor>.EndModification (Function)
Indicates the end of a series of actions performed in a Diagram Editor control in a single event ("undo/redo")....
ImageInitialHeight (Property)
The ImageInitialHeight property is used to get and set the default height of the image created in an Image Editor control.
ImageInitialWidth (Property)
The ImageInitialWidth property is used to get and set the default width of the image created in an Image Editor control.
Spreadsheet control in a report
The spreadsheet is one of the most often used business tools. You have the ability to create reports that print the data found in a spreadsheet....
Setting the initial focus to a control (AAF)
The context menu of Edit controls includes the option "Set initial focus to this control"......
RichEdit (Property)
The RichEdit property is used to manage the RTF (Rich Text Format) type: of an edit control or Static control found in a window. of a Static control found in a report....
Chart control properties
A Chart control can be used......
Describing the report blocks
The different characteristics of a block can be viewed and/or modified in the description window of this block......
URISelect (Function)
Opens a system window to select a resource from: from the device file system, from the Cloud (Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, etc.) or from one of the content managers installed on the device....
Help page identifier
To display a specific help page from your WINDEV application, an identifier must be specified for each page found in your help system......
iParameterPreview (Function)
Configures the print preview: display a message regarding the resources of current computer. display or not the ribbon panes (as well as the buttons found). the export options available in the mini preview window....
Data persistence
The data persistence is used to store the value typed by the user......
The List Box control
The List Box control is used to display a list of elements and to select one or more elements from this list......
Assisted Application Development
The Assisted Application Development (AAD) is a permanent help in the environment. This help suggests actions whenever it is appropriate....
diagLibrary (Type of variable)
The diagLibrary type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a library of preset shapes used by a Diagram Editor control.
diagActionAllowed (Type of variable)
The diagActionAuthorized type is used to define the actions available to end users on a diagram shape in the Diagram Editor control.
MouseXPos (Function)
Returns the horizontal position (X) of the mouse cursor relative to the specified window or control. Used in a mouse or stylus process (click, hover, left or right button down, etc.).
MouseYPos (Function)
Returns the vertical position (Y) of the mouse cursor relative to the specified window or control. Used in a mouse or stylus process (click, hover, left or right button down, etc.).
WDInst: components and setup models
By default, the setup program installs all the specified files on the setup computer......
Running the test of a report
The test of a single report allows you to run the current report in WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile......
Welcome to Reports & Queries
Reports & Queries is used to......
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile tools
The following tools are provided with WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile...
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