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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.
GDPR: Overview
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) will replace "Data Protection Directive" on 25th May 2018......
The HTML Editor control
The HTML Editor control allows users to create and modify HTML pages......
Filtering a data file, a view or a query
A filter is used to define by programming a selection of records corresponding to one or more criteria......
The Thumbnail control
The Thumbnail control is used to automatically manage the display of images in thumbnail format......
FTPCurrentDir (Function)
Identifies or modifies the current directory on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).
Types of Edit controls
The Multimedia control
The Multimedia control is used to play multimedia files......
The Switch control
Switch controls (also called "Toggle controls") are now commonly used in interfaces......
Constant
The constants are language elements whose value is fixed once and for all...
Choose the action of the button in a page
WEBDEV proposes several actions of the button on the controls of the page......
How to develop a site for Linux?
The method for developing a site for Linux is identical to the method for developing a site for Windows....
AJAX programming
The diagram below presents the use of "programmed AJAX" in a WEBDEV site......
FTPGetFile (Function)
Transfers a file from an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server to the current computer.
Deploying a WEBDEV site to a remote WEBDEV Application Server or WEBDEV Cluster
Installing a WEBDEV site (in Session or AWP mode) on a remote Application Server requires......
Managing Google contacts
The Google Contact service is used to manage contacts on Internet......
SocketConnectBluetooth (Function)
Connects a client computer to a specific Bluetooth socket.
Background (Type of variable)
The Background type defines the advanced characteristics of the element background.
Connected objects: Android Wear
Android Wear is the version of the Android operating system dedicated to the connected objects......
Importing/Exporting a dictionary
WDTRAD allows you to import and export a dictionary......
BrowserName (Function)
Returns the name of the browser of the Web user ("user agent").
Printing a report in WEBDEV
When creating a report, the test of this report can be run from the report editor. You also have the ability to include this report in your sites. The Web user will have the ability to print the report from a button, a menu option, ... for example....
Images, colors and tabs
To optimize the appearance of your screens, WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allows you to use images or colors in your tab controls......
Creating nested reports
HActivateAutoFilter (Function)
Enables an automatic filter on the linked files when browsing an XML file.
PageDisplayDialog (Function)
Displays a page in modal mode. This function is used to establish a dialog with the user. The page is displayed in the foreground while the opening page is displayed in the background, grayed by the DDW mechanism.