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Version: 2026

What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Application installation: single-user or network?
WINDEV proposes several types of setup for a WINDEV application...
Activating an application or a site
When distributing an application or a site, you may want to offer both a full version and a limited version...
Changing an application to 64-bit
WINDEV allows you to develop 64-bit applications...
Application patch
Once an application was installed, the application library had to be reinstalled whenever a modification was performed (WDL file)...
Operating mode of HFSQL application
An HFSQL application can operate in network mode or in Client/Server mode...
Deploying an application that uses an external component
An application that uses one or more external components is deployed in the same way as a standard application...
.NET application
To create a.NET application from a project...
Setup by HTTP (Network setup via IP)
The network setup via HTTP consists in installing and updating a WINDEV application via an HTTP server (Live update)...
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Setup in MSI format
You can create MSI installers...
JITc
The principle of JITc technology (Just In Time Compilation) is straightforward...
SMSRunApp (Function)
Starts the native application for sending SMSs found on the device (Android or iPhone/iPad).
geoRunApp (Function)
Starts the device's native maps application to display:
  • a specific geographical location,
  • a route between two locations.
Generating and deploying 64-bit applications
WINDEV allows you to automatically generate and install a 64-bit application.
Keyboard shortcuts
The main keyboard shortcuts in the editors are as follows...
RETURN statement
The RETURN statement is used to exit the current event, process or procedure and return a result...
REP files
REP files contain the list of tables handled by the application.
How to create a patch?
Closes a WINDEV window (and returns a value if necessary).
Performance profiler
The performance profiler is a tool for checking and optimizing the execution time of your application...
EmailRunApp (Function)
Starts the native email application on the current computer:
  • Computer running Windows,
  • Mobile device (Android, iPhone, iPad).
MSIX installation packages
ListDLL (Function)
Returns:
  • runtime List of libraries (".DLL" files) used by the current WINDEV application, WINDEV Mobile or WEBDEV site. Only the libraries loaded in memory are listed.
  • in test mode: all libraries installed on the current workstation.
AppDetectUPDAvailable (Function)
Disables or customizes the automatic check for available updates.
Local network (LAN) setup
Deploying a setup on a local area network (LAN) involves installing and updating a WINDEV application via a reference server,.
Developing applications for Android
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for the Android operating system...
Creating and deploying the installation program: How do you do it?
Creating the setup program allows you to deploy a WINDEV application on the end-user computers...
Creating a WINDEV Mobile project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Custom tooltips
Tooltips are very useful for application users...
Same source code for 32 and 64-bit applications
The 64-bit operating systems are starting to appear on the PCs and on the servers...
OrganizerTimeDisplayed (Function)
Defines the time range displayed by the Organizer control in Day mode or in Week mode.
XMLChildExist (Function)
Specifies whether the current tag has children corresponding to the sought type (tag, attribute, ...).
PDFReaderHighlight (Function)
Finds a text in the document displayed by a PDF Reader control and highlights the occurrences...
IWListNext (Function)
Displays the next internal window in the list of internal windows browsed by an Internal Window...
PDFReaderSeekPrevious (Function)
Sets the position on the previous result of a search started with PDFReaderSeekFirst in the content...
fSizeUncompressed (Function)
Returns the size of a file before compression. When a file is decompressed by fUncompress,...
Legend (Property)
The Legend property is used to: Find out the label of a series. Modify the label of a series....
Trace (Function)
Displays the requested information (content of a control, for example) in a window opened next...
AnimationPlayOnControlProperty (Function)
Animates the modification of an integer property between 2 values.
CertificateCheckString (Function)
Checks the correspondence between a signature and a string.
RoundFloor (Function)
Returns: the numeric value rounded down to the nearest integer. the duration rounded...
OrganizerListAppointment (Function)
Returns: the list of appointments found between two dates in an Organizer control,...
ThreadResume (Function)
Resumes the execution of a thread that was interrupted by ThreadSuspend. Function not recommended.
DayNumberInAlpha (Function)
Returns the name of the day of the week according to its number.
MonthNumberInAlpha (Function)
Returns the name of the month according to its number.
MemFound (Function)
Checks whether the sought element was found.
IntegerToMonthInAlpha (Function)
Returns the name of the month that corresponds to the specified date (this date is an integer).
ComboOpen (Function)
Expands the list of a Combo Box control (single-column or multi-column Combo Box).
MatFloatMultiply (Function)
Multiplies each matrix element by a value.
grClearPict (Function)
Erases the chart drawing (in an Image control or in a window).
sClose (Function)
Closes the specified serial port, parallel port or infrared port.
EmailRemoveFolder (Function)
Deletes a folder from the Outlook messaging software or from an IMAP server.
fListDirectory (Function)
Lists the subdirectories of a given directory and returns the full paths of listed subdirectories.
ArrayDeleteLine (Function)
Deletes a row at a given position: from a two-dimensional array. from the advanced array...