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WINDEV applications for Linux: Specific features

Overview

Available WLanguage functions

Image formats

Notes and limitations

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WINDEV applications for Linux: Specific features

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Overview

Principle for generating a Linux application with WINDEV

WINDEV allows you to easily generate a Linux application. The method for developing the application is identical to the method for developing any other WINDEV application.

When the WINDEV project is compiled, the windows and the WLanguage functions are automatically converted into Linux.

Remarks:

The following Linux distributions are supported:
- Debian 7 (and later).
- Ubuntu 14 (and later).
- Mandriva 2010 Spring (and later).
The Linux applications developed with WINDEV operate on the devices equipped with an Intel processor or with a processor compatible with Intel (the ARM processors are not supported).

Available WLanguage functions

The following features are available in Linux

Several functions are available for the WINDEV applications in Linux. We cannot give an exhaustive list as this list evolves with each version.

We recommend that you check the documentation for each function. The

logo indicates whether the function is available in Linux as well as its limitations.

Image formats

The following image formats are supported by the WINDEV Linux applications:

Bitmap (*.BMP)
Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
Joint Picture Experts Group (*.jpg ; *.jpeg)
Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
Portable Bitmap (*.pbm)
Portable Graymap (*.pgm)
Portable Pixmap (*.ppm)
Tagged Image File Format (*.tiff).
Remark: the "tiled tiff" option of tiff 6.0 standard is not supported. In this case, we advise you to save the image in tiff 5.0 standard.
X11 Bitmap (*.xbm)
X11 Pixmap (*.xpm)
Versions 21 and later
Scalable Vector Graphics (*.svg)
Remark: To manage this format, you must install a QT library that supports the SVG format.
New in version 21
Scalable Vector Graphics (*.svg)
Remark: To manage this format, you must install a QT library that supports the SVG format.
Scalable Vector Graphics (*.svg)
Remark: To manage this format, you must install a QT library that supports the SVG format.

Notes and limitations

Using a Linux executable

To use a Linux executable, the QT library (Core and GUI) version 4.5 (or later) must be installed.

In Ubuntu and Debian, this library can be installed with the following commands:

sudo apt-get install libqtcore4
sudo apt-get install libqtgui4

In mandriva 2010 Spring, this library can be installed with the following commands:

urpmi libqtgui4

Versions 21 and later
Remark: To benefit from the management of SVG images, the QT library installed must support the SVG format.

New in version 21
Remark: To benefit from the management of SVG images, the QT library installed must support the SVG format.

Remark: To benefit from the management of SVG images, the QT library installed must support the SVG format.

Limitations

The following controls/windows are currently supported:

Window
Static control
Button control
Image control
Chart control
List Box control
Table control (including the browsing tables)
Edit control
Scrollbar control

The following features are available:

Anchoring and resizing
Drawing functions
Base properties (..X, ..Y, ..Width, ..Height, ...)
Sort on table columns
Management of planes
Menus (popup menus and AAF menus on the tables).
Caution: The files created by the "Export to Excel" options are always in XLSX format (even if the extension is XLS).

Limitations:

Status bar of windows
Management of graphic strings (gImage, ...)
Animations
HTML and RTF edit control
Edit control with Calendar button
Icon of the executable
Table columns of following types: container and combo box
Preset actions