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Version: 2026

Database access: summary
WINDEV and WEBDEV support different SQL query execution modes depending on how the database was accessed....
<Source>.ExecuteSQLQuery (Function)
Initializes a query written in SQL language and declares this query to the HFSQL engine.
HPrepareSQLQuery (Function)
Initializes a query written in SQL language and declares this query to the database server in order to optimize the next executions of this query.
Importing tables into the database schema (external database, etc.)
WINDEV and WEBDEV allow you to easily handle external databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Access, etc, ...
<Source>.PrepareSQLQuery (Function)
Initializes a query written in SQL language and declares this query to the database server in order to optimize the next executions of this query.
HExecuteSQLQuery (Function)
Initializes a query written in SQL language and declares this query to the HFSQL engine.
Button control properties
Button controls in a window or page can be manipulated using different WLanguage properties......
Defining specific character sets in HFSQL tables
When an application displays or saves data in HFSQL tables, this data is typed in the current language......
Warning (Function)
Displays a custom message in a system warning window.
EnumControl (Function)
Returns the name of Nth control found in the specified element.
ImageMode (Property)
The ImageMode property gets and sets the display mode of an image in an Image control, in the column of a table of type Image or in the background of a Chart control in a window.
2. Types of setup
Types of setup...
fDataDirCommon (Function)
Returns a directory path for the data shared: between all the users of the computer between all the TSE users This directory can be used without restriction in Windows XP, Vista, and so on. This directory is used to store: the files for the general configuration of the application (.INI files, .XML files, etc.). tables common to all users (HFSQL tables .fic, .ndx, .mmo)....
Crosshair in a chart
In a Line chart, it may be difficult to read the value of axes for a point that is far from these axes......
NextTitle (Function)
Modifies the title of next window to open.
Enlarging a window or page
Modern UIs generally use larger windows, pages and fonts......
zipCreate (Function)
Creates an archive.
UI compilation errors
UI compilation errors indicate the possible problems detected in your interfaces whenever a window, a page or a report is saved or whenever the project is recompiled......
Compile (Function)
Dynamically compiles an Procedure whose source code is provided (dynamic compilation).
YInitial (Property)
The YInitial property is used to: Find out the Y-coordinate: of a control (position on Y-axis) when opening the window or the page. of a window (position on Y-axis) when opening the window. Modify the Y-coordinate of a control anchored "to bottom" (position on the vertical axis) when opening the window. Find out the Y-coordinate of a control in relation to its block (position in millimeters on the vertical axis) when opening the report....
OpenChild (Function)
Opens a non-modal child window.
dSaveImageJPEG (Function)
Saves an image: in a JPEG file. in memory....
Handling Button controls programmatically
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV allow you to programmatically handle Button controls......
SEO-ready page in session mode
In WEBDEV, there are two methods to develop a site......
Close (Function)
Closes a WINDEV window (and returns a value if necessary).
Using new features exclusive to WINDEV Suite SaaS in a project
Version 2025 Update 1 introduces various new features specific to SaaS version......
Native Access to SAP
SAP is a widely used ERP......