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Version: 2026

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...
Animation of controls
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to animate the controls found in a window......
Notifications of an HFSQL server
A server may encounter problems without any user (or developer) noticing anything. For example: a scheduled task may fail, an automatic backup may fail, a node may become inactive in a HFSQL cluster, ......
Managing the load balancing (dynamic load balancing on server)
The server that is hosting a HFSQL database engine can be very busy......
Remote WEBDEV administrator: Connection management
The remote administration tool is used to manage the connections to the dynamic WEBDEV websites....
Help with new features: Informing users about new developments
Applications are constantly evolving......
The "Pie", "Donut" or "Semi-circular" charts
Several types of charts belong to the same family......
SCM: Checking out an element
To edit an element of a project hosted on an SCM repository, you must first check out the element......
Development environment
When WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile are first launched, a development environment is automatically proposed......
The "dynamic" Tab control (prefix syntax)
The "Dynamic tab" Tab control is used to display several windows in the same window......
<Diagram variable>.Search (Function)
Searches for shapes containing a specific text in a diagram.
Chart control: "Series" tab
The "Series" tab is used to define the different series used in the Chart control as well as the source of category labels......
Zombie data files and items
During the life of an application, items live and die......
The Looper control
A Looper control is used to repeat the controls found in a specific area......
Project elements
The project includes windows, reports, queries, help files, sets of procedures, ......
Assisted universal replication through programming
The assisted replication through programming is used to implement a replication on an existing application while controlling the synchronization in the application itself......
UUID (Variable type)
The UUID type is used to easily manage: UUIDs or GUIDs, automatic UUID HFSQL identifiers, identifiers for COM/Automation objects and interfaces, ......
ListView control linked to a data file (or to a query)
A ListView control can be used to display the content of a data file (or the content of a query)......
WDModFic : Tool for automatic modification of data files
WDModFic is a tool used to perform the automatic modification of the data files found on the development computer and on the end-user computers......
DiagramSearch (Function)
Searches for shapes containing a specific text in a diagram.
Interacting with the user
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to communicate with the user via dialog boxes......
Native Access to SAP
SAP is a widely used ERP......