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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.
XMLElementName (Function)
Returns the name of current element (tag or attribute).
XMLElementType (Function)
Returns the type of current element (tag or attribute).
HErrorInfo (Function)
Returns a detailed information about the last error triggered by the HFSQL engine.
WordToArray (Function)
Fills an array with the words from a string.
Handling an Action Bar through programming
An Action Bar can be handled through programming. To do so, use the variable corresponding...
XMLExtractString (Function)
Extracts the content of a tag found in an XML document.
GPSGetPosition (Function)
Retrieves information about the current device position.
NotifPushEnable (Function)
Enables the management of push notifications in a WINDEV Mobile application (Android or iOS).
InitialValue (Property)
The InitialValue property is used to get the initial value of a control in a window or page.
The single-part and multi-part archives
Two types of archives are available......
zipInfoFile (Function)
Returns the characteristics of a file found an archive: The name of the file and its stored...
Confirm (Function)
Displays a message in a standard dialog box that proposes "Yes", "No", "Cancel" and returns...
gFontBold (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to specify whether the text that follows the call...
WebAddress (Type of variable)
The WebAddress type is used to define the advanced characteristics of a site address as well...
Handling PDF Reader controls programmatically
A PDF Reader control can be handled through programming......
FilePath (Property)
The FilePath property gets: the name of the xlsx file associated with a Spreadsheet control....
TableDeleteAll (Function)
Deletes all rows from: a Table control populated programmatically, a TreeView Table control...
TableSelectMinus (Function)
Deselects a row from a Table or TreeView Table control.
TableColumnIndex (Function)
Returns the index of a column in a Table or Treeview Table control.
Multitask (Function)
MultiTask is used to: define a timeout, give control back to Windows, give control back...
HExtractMemo (Function)
Extracts the content of a binary memo item from an HFSQL file, a query or an HFSQL view...
zipIsMulti (Function)
Returns the type of archive: single-part archive or multi-part archive.
SocketCreateUDP (Function)
Creates a socket that uses the UDP protocol.
fDateTime (Function)
Returns or modifies the different dates and times associated with a file or directory (date...
dbgStandardOutput (Function)
Writes an information into the standard output stream "stdout" (also called "console").