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Version: 2026

.NET application
To create a.NET application from a project...
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...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
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)...
Application installation: single-user or network?
WINDEV proposes several types of setup for a WINDEV application...
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...
Operating mode of HFSQL application
An HFSQL application can operate in network mode or in Client/Server mode...
JITc
The principle of JITc technology (Just In Time Compilation) is straightforward...
Creating a WEBDEV 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...
geoRunApp (Function)
Starts the device's native maps application to display:
  • a specific geographical location,
  • a route between two locations.
SMSRunApp (Function)
Starts the native application for sending SMSs found on the device (Android or iPhone/iPad).
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 WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
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...
Performance profiler
The performance profiler is a tool for checking and optimizing the execution time of your application...
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).
MSIX installation packages
EmailRunApp (Function)
Starts the native email application on the current computer:
  • Computer running Windows,
  • Mobile device (Android, iPhone, iPad).
AppDetectUPDAvailable (Function)
Disables or customizes the automatic check for available updates.
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.
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...
RETURN statement
The RETURN statement is used to exit the current event, process or procedure and return a result...
Developing applications for Android
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for the Android operating system...
Creating a WINDEV Mobile project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Local network (LAN) setup
Deploying a setup on a local area network (LAN) involves installing and updating a WINDEV application via a reference server,.
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...
Automatic features of Pivot Table controls
The Pivot Table control offers several Automatic Application Features (AAF) allowing the user...
Modifying an external component
An external component created and generated by WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile can be modified...
iOS 14 widget windows
An iOS application with an iOS widget configuration can contain one or more iOS 14 widget...
Customizing the display of an Organization Chart control
To customize the interface of an Organization Chart control, you must use specific internal...
Creating the executable and the setup program
The languages supported by the application are taken into account......
Translating the external components
An external component is a set of WINDEV or WEBDEV elements that perform a specific action (send...
Query with parameters
The queries with parameters allow the user to easily select records according...
Managing the semaphores in the threads: limiting the simultaneous code execution
Semaphores are used to limit the simultaneous execution of a code (procedure, line of code, etc....
Hasp functions
the applications developed with WINDEV or WEBDEV......
KeyCompareKey (Function)
Compares an initial key with an activation key.
KeyGetIdentifier (Function)
Retrieves the identifier that was used to generate an initial key.
Docker image of the HFSQL server
From version 22, a Docker container with the HFSQL server is available in Docker Hub......
Euro functions
List of Euro functions...
The structure of the file for remote control
The management of remote control uses a file in INI format......
ValidatePassword (Function)
Indicates whether the specified password is valid for the current user.
The options of the User Groupware
An application is often intended to be used by several users connected via a network......
Customizing the User Groupware
Importing a WINDEV window into a WEBDEV site
The Windows windows developed with WINDEV......