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Version: 2025

Specific features of iPhone/iPad applications
Developing an application for iPhone/iPad
The development of an iPhone/iPad application is performed in 2 steps:
Compiling a WINDEV Mobile project in Xcode
When the WINDEV Mobile project for iPhone/iPad is generated on the development computer, the generated files must be transferred onto a Mac in order to be compiled...
Generating an iOS application
Several steps must be performed to develop an iPhone/iPad application:
fListResource (Function)
Lists the resources integrated to the application.
Non-maximized windows in iOS
A non-maximized window can occupy a section of the screen only...
Signature of iOS applications
Signing an application is mandatory from Xcode 8...
Speech synthesis in the mobile applications
The phones can talk!...
Managing contacts (mobile devices)
In your mobile applications, you can directly manage the contacts on your mobile device (Android, iPhone, iPad, etc.).
MacOS - Developing an application in Catalyst mode
Apple has recently released an SDK to natively compile iOS applications for MacOS...
Action Bar of a window
Action Bars replace the title bar of a window and display different types of information...
fExtractResource (Function)
Extracts a resource from the application into a physical device location.
Password (Property)
The Password property can be used: on the edit controls (or on the text table columns) to find...
FontBold (Property)
The FontBold property is used to: Determine if the text is bold. Change the weight...
OrganizerSelectedRange (Function)
Returns the start or end date and time of the time slot selected in an Organizer control.
PDFReaderSeekNext (Function)
Sets the position on the next result of a search in the content of a PDF Reader control.
TableSortedColumn (Function)
Returns the list of sorted columns found in a Table control.
VideoStartApp (Function)
Starts the device's native camera application to record a video or to take a photo....
DecimalPart (Function)
Returns the decimal part of a number.
CalendarPosition (Function)
Returns the month displayed in a Calendar control.
rssSave (Function)
Builds the RSS stream and saves the RSS stream in an XML file.
Scheduler control functions
List of functions that can be used with a Scheduler control....
AppointmentDisplay (Function)
Displays an appointment in the native application for managing appointments found on the mobile...
TelemetryIsEnabled (Function)
Used to find out whether the telemetry is enabled.
CompositeKey (Property)
The CompositeKey property determines if an item is a composite key.
PasswordProtected (Property)
The PasswordProtected property is used to determine if a datafile is password-protected.
WinChangeAlias (Function)
Modifies the alias of a window.
NetMachineName (Function)
Returns the name of the local computer or the name of a computer whose IP address is known (reverse...
LineHeight (Property)
The LineHeight property is used to get and change the height of the rows: in a List Box...
HourGlass (Function)
Transforms the mouse cursor into hourglass (and conversely). In Android and iOS, displays...
Types of Edit controls
AppParameter (Function)
Returns information about the mechanism for automatic application update.
rssBuildString (Function)
Builds the RSS feed and returns the result (in XML format) in a character string.
SchedulerInfoXY (Function)
Returns the appointment, the resource or the date found at given position in a Scheduler control.
iChangeSubReportSource (Function)
Modifies through programming the report associated with a sub-report in a composite report.
XMLValidNode (Function)
Validates an XML node, its children and its attributes from its description in the XSD schema...
dbgAuditStatus (Function)
Retrieves and changes the status of the dynamic audit.