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Version: 2025

HListConnection (Function)
Returns the list of connections currently described in the application:
  • connections described in the data model editor (for the main analysis and, if necessary, additional analyses).
  • connections described by programming (with functions HDescribeConnection or HOpenConnection).
<Source>.ChangeConnection (Function)
Dynamically changes the connection associated with a data file.
SQLConnect (Function)
Connects the current application to a database that must be interrogated via SQL.
SQLChangeConnection (Function)
Modifies the current connection.
HDescribeConnection (Function)
Describes a new connection to an external database.
<Connection variable>.OpenConnection (Function)
Opens a connection to a specific database.
HConnect (Function)
Redefines one or more connection parameters via Native Connector (Access, SQL Server, MySQL or Oracle) or via an OLE DB access on a specific table or set of tables.
Optional connection information
When defining the connections in the data model editor or when defining the connections through programming, you have the ability to specifier the optional connection information...
<Connection variable>.CloseConnection (Function)
Closes a connection to a database.
SQLConnectWS (Function)
Connects the current application to a database that will be queried by SQL through a web service proxy (SOAP).
HListFile (Function)
Returns the list of files:
  • current analysis.
  • analyses in progress (projects with multiple analyses).
  • a specific analysis recognized by the HFSQL engine.
  • available on a connection via a Native Connector or an OLE DB driver.
  • for a group of files defined in the data model editor.
HOpenConnection (Function)
Opens a connection to a specific database.
HChangeConnection (Function)
Dynamically changes the connection associated with a data file.
HOnError (Function)
Customizes the management of HFSQL errors.
Constants for manging the replication
List of constants used by the functions for managing the replication....
gpwUser (Type of variable)
The gpwUser type is used to describe and modify the characteristics of a user of WEBDEV or WINDEV User Groupware.
Interacting with the user
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to communicate with the user via dialog boxes......
PhotoRunApp (Function)
Starts the native camera application of the device in order to take a photo.
ParallelTaskExecute (Function)
Triggers the execution of a parallel task.
ConnectionCount (Function)
Returns the number of instances of the WEBDEV site currently run on the server.
Configuring the Project Management Hub
The Project Management Hub allows you to configure......
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HFSQL properties
List of HFSQL properties...
Specific features of the Express version
InAndroidMode (Example)
Usage example of the InAndroidMode function
HBackward (Function)
Moves backward several records from the current position in the data file, according to a specified item.
NetworkDisconnect (Function)
Disconnects a network drive.
HReadSeek (Function)
Sets the position on the first record whose value for a specific item is greater than or equal to a sought value (generic search).
PageUse (Function)
Displays a WEBDEV page in the user's browser and closes all page contexts currently open on the server....
iInitReportQuery (Function)
Initializes the query linked to the report (for a query with parameters).
HForward (Function)
Moves several records forward from the current position in the data file, according to a specified item.
<Source>.DeclareExternal (Function)
Temporarily imports into the current analysis the description of a data file from an existing HFSQL data file.
Facebook constants
The following constants are used by the functions for managing Facebook connections:...
HRetrieveItem (Function)
Returns the content of an item found in the current record (in the data file, view, query, ...).
Managing the HFSQL contexts in the windows and in the reports
An HFSQL context contains information relative to the data used......
Different types of pages
WEBDEV enables you to create static sites and/or dynamic sites......
MongoCreate (Example)
Usage example of the MongoCreate function
Authentication via Active Directory
Kerberos is an authentication mode based on the use of tickets and secret keys......