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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...
Custom context menu
Custom context menus are created in the window editor and can be handled programmatically......
Functions for managing menus (prefix syntax)
List of functions for managing menus...
ToolTipMargin (Function)
Modifies the margin of the text in the tooltips.
Anchoring applied to window controls
The windows of a WINDEV application can be resized at runtime......
Custom title bar with menus and controls
There is a new trend in UI design: application menus in the title bar!...
User Groupware (compatible with version 17)
A Windows application, an Internet or Intranet site require to define the role of different...
LanguageToCharset (Function)
Returns the character set corresponding to a language.
The UAC mechanism in Windows Vista (and later)
To increase security against worms and viruses, Windows Vista/7 implemented the UAC (User Account...
Handling the Chart controls at runtime (AAF)
The Chart controls allow the end user to perform several operations......
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Managing contacts (mobile devices)
In your mobile applications, you have the ability to directly manage the contacts of your mobile...
Report based on an Organizer control
A report based on an Organizer control is used to directly print the information displayed...
How to create a menu?
4. Managing SMSs
With the WLanguage functions, WINDEV Mobile allows you to......
WDInst: configuring the directory of the data files and the directory of the files of user groupware
The setup editor WDInst ("Tools......
HCS.Timeout (Variable)
The HCS.Timeout variable is used to modify the connection timeout: for the connections...
Report based on a Table control
A report based on a data-bound Table control is used to directly print the information displayed...
Using the Salesforce service
Salesforce is a very popular CRM software......