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Version: 2026

Project Management Hub: Schedule management
The project contributors can manage their tasks directly from the schedule or from the task list...
Project functions
List of functions for managing projects
Project configuration
Project configurations allow you to adapt the same project to multiple "targets"...
Debugger: Step-by-step project execution
Running a project step-by-step allows you to start the debugger when launching the application...
Making a backup of a project
It is possible to regularly make a backup of the different elements of a project...
Restoring a project backup
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to regularly save the different elements of your project in an archive file (ZIP extension)...
Query and project
Creates an HTTP form.
Creating a Java project
WINDEV allows you to generate a Java application without even knowing the Java language...
Importing a WINDEV/WINDEV Mobile project and its elements
A WINDEV project and all its elements compatible with WINDEV Mobile (analysis, windows, classes, sets of procedures, queries, ...
Creating a WINDEV Mobile project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Organizing the directories of a project
When creating a project, a directory specific to this project is automatically created...
Project elements
The project includes windows, reports, queries, help files, sets of procedures, ...
Events associated with the project
List of events associated with the project
Renaming a project
Renaming a project is used ton modify the name of the project. All the elements linked to the project before it is renamed are kept.
Project dashboard
The project dashboard provides an overall view of project status via different widgets....
Environment of the project editor
The main elements of the project editor are as follows:
Project image gallery
The project image gallery allows viewing all the images of a project in a single click...
Handling the versions of a window, report, query or project
When creating and developing the different elements of a project (window, query, report, project, ...
Project Management Hub: Presentation
The Project Management Hub is used to organize and schedule a project, from design to delivery...
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Testing and debugging a project on the development computer
The test of the entire project allows you to simulate the start of the application with the executable...
Importing elements into a project
All the elements of a project (windows, reports, classes, sets of procedures, queries...
Cleaning the project
After months or years of development and maintenance, the directory of your project often contains several files that are not used anymore but that you don't dare delete...
Duplicating a project
Duplicating a project allows you to have two identical projects with the same name but found in different directories...
Project with multiple database schemas
A single WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile project can now use multiple database schemas (data descriptions)...
Project comparator
Comparing two windows (two pages, two reports, two classes, ...
Common project
Projects are often cross-platform...
Transforming a WINDEV project into Mobile: a detailed audit
Transforming WINDEV applications into Mobile is very easy...
Recompiling the project
The project compilation is a process used to...
Testing a static project
The test of the entire project allows simulating the startup of the site...
Associating documents with the project
To describe a project in detail, you can associate documents with it...
Project anomalies: dead code and orphan elements
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to easily detect these "dead codes" and "orphan" elements.
Project compilation: Warnings, Errors, Information, Programming standard, etc.
When developing a project, the project is compiled on a regular basis.
Importing and consuming SOAP web services
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to directly import web services into your applications...
WINDEV Mobile: Platforms, processors and operating systems
WINDEV Mobile applications can run on the following platforms
RETURN statement
The RETURN statement is used to exit the current event, process or procedure and return a result...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Testing a Mobile application
By testing the project you can simulate how the application will run when launched by the user...
Debugging without using a debugger
In some cases, running a program or a site with or without the debugger can produce different results...
Global procedure/function
A global procedure can be used in all the processes or events of the project.
FishEye
The "FishEye" effect is used to enlarge a section of editor graphs (analysis graph, UML graph, ...
Custom-Folders
"Custom-Folders" simplify the organization of projects, allowing you to group the elements of your application by themes...
The "Favorites" pane
The "Favorites" pane gives direct access to the favorites of your project...
Creating an application that manages the Euro
The method for creating an application supporting the switch to the Euro is as simple as the method for creating a WINDEV application.
Code history
The code history is used to...
Window for quick selection
You are searching for a project element? You only know part of its name? Press [CTRL]+[E] to open the quick selection window...
Opening a help file (CHM, HTML or PDF)
There are several ways to open a help file...
Business rules
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to manage the business rules...
Share your projects via Git
Git is a source code manager...
Execution platform
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for different families of products...
Test of a WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile application
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile feature multiple methods to test applications...
ProjectInfo (Function)
Returns specific information about the project currently run.
Local procedure
Two types of procedures are available...
Site testing: the different types of tests available
WEBDEV includes multiple methods for testing your sites...
Time management
For each element (windows, reports, ...
Using several libraries in an application
A library is a WDL file that contains all the resources...
HOpenComplementaryAnalysis (Function)
Opens a new database schema, but keeps the main database schema of the application.
"About" window
The "About" window is used to display and access various information about the current application ...
Custom tooltips
Tooltips are very useful for application users...
Exporting elements to a directory
All the elements handled by a project (window, report, classes, set of procedures, queries, ...
Code statistics
The code statistics affect...
Managing pinned projects
The home window of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allows you to manage the pinned projects when opening an existing project...
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...
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...
Automated tests on an executable
WINDEV allows you to test a project using the corresponding executable...
Report based on a Scheduler control
A report based on a Scheduler control is used to directly print the information displayed...
Android 11: Changes to application behavior
After each new version of Android is deployed, Google requires a higher target API level...
The Bar Code control
The Bar Code control displays bar codes in your windows, pages or reports......
Android Control Center
Do you know where to find your application log files?...
SQL Server Native Connector: Programming with HFSQL functions
To use an SQL Server database with Native Connector, the structure of SQL Server tables must...
Manipulating WEBDEV menu options
The context menu of menu options allows you to perform all the operations required to define...
SQLConnect (Function)
Connects the current application to a database that must be interrogated via SQL.
2025 new features brochure: WINDEV new features
What's new in WINDEV 2025 in the What's new 2025 brochure....
Report based on an Organizer control
A report based on an Organizer control is used to directly print the information displayed...
Code editor: Display options
The code editor proposes several display options......
GDPR: Overview
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) will replace "Data Protection Directive" on 25th May...
Managing a Text token Edit control
...Interfaces that use token controls are common. A Token control contains variable amounts...
Events associated with internal windows
List of events associated with internal windows...
WINDEV and OPC
OPC stands for "OLE for Process Control"......
TableInsert (Function)
Inserts a row into: a Table control, a TreeView Table control, a table displayed in a Combo...
Code snippets
The code editor allows you to enter "Code snippets"......
Native xBase/FoxPro Connector
WINDEV and WEBDEV propose a Native xBase/FoxPro Connector (or Native xBase/FoxPro Access) module......
Characteristics of a Looper control in a window
To display the control characteristics, select "Description" in the context menu of control......