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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.
Using the Salesforce service
Salesforce is a very popular CRM software......
Delete (Function)
Deletes an element at a given position: from a one-dimensional WLanguage array....
TableSortChild (Function)
Sorts a branch in a TreeView Table control on one or more columns.
User (Property)
The User property is used to identify and change the user of a feature.
FileToArray (Function)
Fills an array of classes or structures with the content of an HFSQL data file or query.
emailAttach (Type of variable)
The emailAttach type is used to handle an attachment.
hFileParameter (Type of variable)
The hFileParameter type is used to define the data files taken into account by a scheduled...
Process (Property)
The Process property is used to modify the processes to be executed by the events available...
JSONToVariant (Function)
Converts a JSON string to a Variant variable.
dbgCheckEqual (Function)
Checks whether the expressions are equal in assertive programming and in automated test mode.
ExecuteMainThread (Function)
Triggers the execution of the procedure specified in the main application thread.
Mean (Function)
Calculates the mean of several elements: elements found in an array, numeric values, ......
MapDeleteAll (Function)
Deletes the following from a Map control: all markers, all shapes, all images....
PhotoRunApp (Function)
Starts the native camera application of the device in order to take a photo.
SWITCH statement
The SWITCH statement is used to choose the action that will be run according to the value...
PunctuationSensitive (Property)
The PunctuationSensitive property is used to determine if punctuation characters (comma, period,...
fExeDir (Function)
Returns the directory from which the execution is started.
ExceptionThrow (Function)
Artificially triggers the security mechanism of WLanguage by throwing an exception.
NoSpace (Function)
Returns a string after removing the spaces: from the left and right side of the initial string....
Upper (Function)
Converts all characters in a string to uppercase according to the region settings defined...
InitWindow (Function)
Initializes (or not) the controls to zero and runs the initialization processes of the controls...
LoadError (Function)
Loads the file containing the error messages in the desired language into memory.
FinCurrentVal (Function)
Returns the current value of investment.
DateValid (Function)
Checks the validity of a date between January 01 0001 and December 31 9999.
EventCreate (Function)
Creates an event.