ONLINE HELP
 WINDEVWEBDEV AND WINDEV MOBILE

Help / Environment / The guide
  • Overview
  • Online help
  • Overview
  • How to display the help
  • Starting the Internet online help from the product
  • Guide
WINDEV
WindowsLinuxUniversal Windows 10 AppJavaReports and QueriesUser code (UMC)
WEBDEV
WindowsLinuxPHPWEBDEV - Browser code
WINDEV Mobile
AndroidAndroid Widget iPhone/iPadIOS WidgetApple WatchMac CatalystUniversal Windows 10 App
Others
Stored procedures
How to access the help?
Overview
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile include several methods for accessing the help system at any time:
Online help

Overview

The online help is common to all products: WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile.
The local help is proposed by default (by using the files installed on the development computer). It is displayed in a specific help browser.
If your computer is equipped with an Internet access, the help page currently found in the "Help browser" can be displayed in its Internet version ("View the corresponding page on Internet" link).
The Internet online help is available from any computer equipped with an Internet access, without the product being necessarily installed. This help is updated on a regular basis.
Users can add comments on the documentation pages: personal notes, examples, links and more.

How to display the help

The help can be accessed from the editor: on the "Home" tab, in the "Online help" group, expand "Help". The following options are available:
  • "Help index". This option is used to access the help pages via the keywords that have been defined on these pages.
  • "Summary". This option is used to access the information classified by theme. Each theme can be "expanded".
  • "Find in the help...". This option is used to perform a search on all help pages accessible from this file. All you have to do is type the sought expression. This expression will be sought in all help pages. All the pages containing the specified words are listed and they can be displayed.
Additionally, at any time, you can press F1 or click to get help on the current window or the selected function (for example, press F1 to open the help about the function being typed in the code editor).

Starting the Internet online help from the product

To start the Internet online help from the product:
  1. On the "Home" tab, in the "Environment" group, expand "Options" and select "General options of XXX".
  2. In the "Help" tab, select the access mode to the help database: "Use the online help" as well as the preferred language.
  3. Validate.
Remark: To switch back to local help, simply go to the same screen and select "Use the local help"..
Guide
The guide is used to display the help, the wizards or the examples available in WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile.
To use the guide:
  1. On the "Home" tab, in the "Online help" group, expand "Help" and select "See guide". The window used to perform a search in the guide is displayed.
  2. Type the keyword for your search. The similar keywords and the available help systems are automatically displayed.
  3. Choose the desired document and click "Open" or "Import" depending on the type of document.
For more details on the guide, see The guide.
See also
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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Last update: 05/26/2022

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