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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...
12. Synchronizing data
AuthGetUserInfo (Function)
Retrieves user information from an access token.
External language: Programming in Visual Basic
We are going to call the elements developed in WINDEV (project, windows, analysis, ......
WINDEV and the streams - Use example
In this example, the application must manage a video conference between two computers......
FAA: Edit control fields for file paths
Application Features): a specific context menu used to handle the file. a file preview in thumbnail...
Downloading files
The download is the operation that consists in saving a file stored on the server onto the computer...
Sending faxes with WINDEV and WEBDEV
To send faxes from an application or from a site, WINDEV and WEBDEV propose several functions...
Translating programming messages
When developing a multilingual application, you can translate the different messages displayed...
Combo Box and List Box controls: Automatic features (AAF)
The List Box and Combo Box controls can benefit from several AAFs......
VideoGenerateThumbnail (Function)
Generates a thumbnail of the specified photo or video.
Page (Property)
The Page property is used to handle the page loaded in the WEBDEV Page control.
AppVersionInfo (Function)
Returns information about a version available on the setup server.
Logical Data Model (LDM)
A Logical Data Model (LDM) is used to describe the data structures (files, items, ......
WDInst: handling the files to install
By default, the files to install are......
Synchronizing threads via events
Events can be used to synchronize the different threads of an application......
Importing a WEBDEV project into WINDEV
...WINDEV proposes a feature for importing WEBDEV sites or WEBDEV pages....
Example for managing videos (broadcasted by a Camera control)
In this example, the application allows you to......
Office tools
leaving the application......