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The "Modifier"pane
The "Modifier" pane is used to view and/or modify, from the window editor, page editor or report editor, the main characteristics...
Automatic positioning
When moving a control in a window, in a page or in a report, guides are automatically displayed by the real-time interface checker (also called automatic positioning)...
Snap to grid
The different editors of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to align the elements via a snap-on grid...
Alignment options
To optimize the alignment of controls in a window, page or report, you have the ability to use the alignment options...
Zoom in the different editors
All editors of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to zoom in on the different elements displayed in the editor...
SEO-ready page in session mode
In WEBDEV, there are two methods to develop a site...
Anchor of overlaid controls (in a page)
WEBDEV allows you to define overlayable controls...
Testing a static page
The test of a single page runs the current page in WEBDEV...
Enlarging a window or page
Modern UIs generally use larger windows, pages and fonts...
Project comparator
Comparing two windows (two pages, two reports, two classes, ...
Developing sites for specific platforms
Websites can be displayed on many devices (Android, iPhone, etc.)...
Editing pages: Responsive mode (Zoning and layouts)
"Responsive (zoning and layouts)" is the default page editing mode. This editing mode allows you to easily handle pages in the editor.
Page with parameters
Resizes an external file.
Testing a dynamic page (session or AWP mode)
The test of a single page runs the current page in WEBDEV...
Code history
The code history is used to...
WEBDEV: Pages created via the RAD model
The page creation wizard offers many types of pages associated with HFSQL tables...
Anchoring in a page
In a page, the anchors define how the content of a page will behave when the page is enlarged by the Web user.
Carrying over the differences from an element to another one
The project comparator is used to compare two elements and to list the differences found...
Code statistics
The code statistics affect...
dDifferenceImage (Function)
Compares two images and returns a grayscale image and a percentage determining the differences between the images. This new function is available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 3....
HCancelDeclaration (Function)
Allows you to: Delete a declaration made previously using HDeclare, HDeclareExternal, HDescriveFile. After this operation, the table is no longer recognized by the HFSQL engine. Free the resources of a query (after calling HExecuteQuery or HExecuteSQLQuery)....
ChangeSourceWindow (Function)
Dynamically changes the window displayed in an Internal Window control. Case of internal window dequeues Modifies the currently displayed window. This modification is saved in the list of internal windows to scroll....
<Image variable>.Difference (Function)
Compares two images and returns a grayscale image and a percentage determining the differences between the images. This new function is available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 3....
<Image>Difference (Function)
Compares two images and returns a grayscale image and a percentage determining the differences between the images. This new function is available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 3....
<picLayer variable>.Difference (Function)
Compares two images and returns a grayscale image and a percentage determining the differences between the images. This new function is available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 3....
<WDPic variable>.Difference (Function)
Compares two images and returns a grayscale image and a percentage determining the differences between the images. This new function is available from WINDEV Suite SaaS 2025 - Update 3....
<Internal window>.ChangeSourceWindow (Function)
Dynamically changes the window displayed in an Internal Window control. Case of internal window dequeues Modifies the currently displayed window. This modification is saved in the list of internal windows to scroll....
CameraCapture (Function)
Captures the images received from the camera: as an image: take a photo. as a video: record a video. Function kept for "Version-26-compatible" Camera controls....
Manipulating HTML controls programmatically
WINDEV and WEBDEV allow you to programmatically manipulate HTML controls......
Data model editor: types of links
Several types of links can be found between the files......
Query based on query
Queries can be based on items from another query......
ChangeTarget (Function)
Changes the target of a button action.
Sorts in a report
The sort is used to organize the information displayed in the report......
Database schema editor: Link description
The links are used to link the tables described in a database schema between themselves......
WDMSG
You can create multilingual projects in WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile......
Generating the analysis
The analysis generation comes before the programming phase and after the file description phase......
Num1stDayOfTheWeek (Property)
The Num1stDayOfTheWeek property gets and sets the 1st day of the week displayed in: a Calendar control. an Organizer control. a Scheduler control. an edit control in Date format with Calendar....
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HCompareItem (Function)
Compares two values by sorting them according to the specified HFSQL index item: all the sort options specified for the item are taken into account (sensitivity to the case, to the punctuation, sort direction, Unicode language, ...).
Handling a Rich Text Area control through programming
To handle a Rich Text Area control programmatically, use the variable of the Rich Text Area control directly in the code......
<Source>.CancelDeclaration (Function)
Allows you to: Delete a declaration made previously using HDeclare, HDeclareExternal, HDescriveFile. After this operation, the data file is no longer recognized by the HFSQL engine. Free the resources of a query (after calling HExecuteQuery or HExecuteSQLQuery)....
<Source>.CompareItem (Function)
Compares two values by sorting them according to the specified HFSQL index item: all the sort options specified for the item are taken into account (sensitivity to the case, to the punctuation, sort direction, Unicode language, ...).
Executable: Project backup
At the end of the executable creation wizard, WINDEV proposes to automatically make a backup of the sources of your project......