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 WINDEVWEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE

Version: 2025

Code snippets
The code editor allows you to enter "Code snippets"...
Navigation history in the code
The different editors enable you to directly view the code of an element by pressing the F2 key...
Server code/Browser code
WEBDEV allows you to create static pages and dynamic pages...
Conditional target-code
The code editor allows you to enter a specific code for each environment (WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile)...
Project anomalies: dead code and orphan elements
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to easily detect these "dead codes" and "orphan" elements.
Reverse code modeling
The reverse code modeling allows you to view in a graph...
MySource (Reserved word)
MySource is used to handle the current data source (file, view or query) associated with a report or with a table based on a data file...
InWebSocketServerMode (Function)
Indicates if the current code is being executed on the WebSocket server.
MyInternalWindow (Reserved word)
MyInternalWindow is used to handle the current internal window.
ExecuteCode (Function)
Runs the WLanguage code found in a character string.
InWebSocketServerGlobalServiceMode (Function)
Indicates if the current code is being executed on the global service of the WebSocket server.
InTSEMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run:
  • from a computer in TSE mode or from a remote desktop.
  • from a computer directly.
Project dashboard
The project dashboard provides an overall view of project status via different widgets....
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...
MyWindow (Reserved word)
The keyword MyWindow keyword is used to manipulate the current window...
Automatically executed processes / events in an application
Several actions are automatically performed when opening or closing an application.
InBackgroundMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run when the application is in background.
InComponentMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run:
  • from a WINDEV application, a WEBDEV website or a PHP page.
  • from a component.
Programming by preset action
Preset actions allow you to define the code of an event in a single click, without having to write one single line of code...
InAJAXMode (Function)
Specifies whether the code is run from:
InDeviceOwnerMode (Function)
Indicates whether the Android application is in "Device owner" mode.
InKioskMode (Function)
Indicates whether the Android application is in kiosk mode.
Describing a problem to the Free Technical Support
Customizing the guide
The guide is a powerful search engine included in WINDEV, allowing you to find all referenced...
Constants used by the TraceStart function
List of constants used by the TraceStart function....
Random (Function)
Returns a random number.
ErrorOccurred (Variable)
ErrorOccurred is a preset variable of WLanguage indicating the result of the last WLanguage...
ListSelectCount (Function)
Returns the number of elements selected in a List Box, ListView or Combo Box control.
TimeToString (Function)
Converts a time to a string in the specified format.
Managing the required input in WEBDEV
To prevent users from leaving a control empty, you can set it as a required field......
grSaveParameter (Function)
Saves the parameters of a chart in the format of a compressed string.
OLELoad (Function)
Initializes an OLE control with an OLE object.
grIncreaseData (Function)
Adds a value to a data in a chart.
XML management: Use example
This application example manages an XML file named "Orders......
CDEject (Function)
Opens or closes the door of CD/DVD player selected on the current computer....
iPrintBodyComplement (Function)
Forces a body complement block to print while specifying the height of complement block.
iForceComplement (Function)
Forces the printing of a Body Complement block.
xlsNbColumn (Function)
Returns the number of columns found in a worksheet of an XLS file.
grAutoRefreshSeries (Function)
Identifies or defines whether a series is refreshed whenever the chart is drawn.
BurnerList (Function)
Returns the list of burners installed on the current computer.
iTextWidth (Function)
Calculates the width (in millimeters) of the text to print, according to the specified font.
XMLOut (Function)
Used to find out whether the element (tag or attribute) on which we want to be positioned...
The Text control: Input or display masks
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile propose two types of masks......
Border (Type of variable)
The Border type is used to handle a border through programming...
Report based on a memory area
A report based on a memory area is used to print the records stored in a memory area......
Installing WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile
This chapter presents the configuration required to install WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile as well...
Creating the menus for the pages of the WEBDEV RAD pattern