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Version: 2026

Conditional target-code
The code editor allows you to enter a specific code for each environment (WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile)...
Reverse code modeling
The reverse code modeling allows you to view in a graph...
Checkers available in the code editor
The code editor proposes several tools used to correct the code...
Navigation history in the code
The different editors enable you to directly view the code of an element by pressing the F2 key...
Code snippets
The code editor allows you to enter "Code snippets"...
Code indentation
When typing compound statements ("Switch", "For" and "While", for example), the code is automatically indented to highlight the structure of the loops used in the program...
Project anomalies: dead code and orphan elements
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to easily detect these "dead codes" and "orphan" elements.
Code style
A code style is used to automatically prefix the name of all the variables and project elements (windows, report controls, classes, etc.
Server code/Browser code
WEBDEV allows you to create static pages and dynamic pages...
MyWindow (Reserved word)
The keyword MyWindow keyword is used to manipulate the current window...
Automatically executed processes / events in an application
Several actions are automatically performed when opening or closing an application.
Project dashboard
The project dashboard provides an overall view of project status via different widgets....
IniOSEmulatorMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in the iOS emulator (iPhone, iPad).
InWebSocketServerGlobalServiceMode (Function)
Indicates if the current code is being executed on the global service of the WebSocket server.
MyReport (Reserved word)
MyReport is used to handle the current report...
InComponentMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run:
  • from a WINDEV application, a WEBDEV website or a PHP page.
  • from a component.
MySource (Reserved word)
MySource is used to handle the current data source (file, view or query) associated with a report or with a table based on a data file...
MyPopupControl (Reserved word)
MyPopupControl is used to handle the control that opened a popup window...
InTSEMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run:
  • from a computer in TSE mode or from a remote desktop.
  • from a computer directly.
MyPage (Reserved word)
MyPage is used to handle the current page...
InBackgroundMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run when the application is in background.
InWebSocketServerMode (Function)
Indicates if the current code is being executed on the WebSocket server.
InStoredProcedureMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run on an HFSQL server.
InAndroidEmulatorMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in the Android emulator.
InDelayedProcedureMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run from a delayed procedure or from a scheduled task on the WEBDEV Application Server.
InUMCMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run from a code written in a user macro-code.
InAJAXMode (Function)
Specifies whether the code is run from:
Programming by preset action
Preset actions allow you to define the code of an event in a single click, without having to write one single line of code...
InKioskMode (Function)
Indicates whether the Android application is in kiosk mode.
MyInternalWindow (Reserved word)
MyInternalWindow is used to handle the current internal window.
InDeviceOwnerMode (Function)
Indicates whether the Android application is in "Device owner" mode.
MySelf (Reserved word)
MySelf is used to handle the current control...
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...
ExecuteCode (Function)
Runs the WLanguage code found in a character string.
InAndroidMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in Android mode.
In64bitMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in 64-bit mode or not.
Warning 124: Shadowing a global variable
Returns the display mode of an Organizer control: day, week, month, ......
Debugging without using a debugger
In some cases, running a program or a site with or without the debugger can produce different...
Lambda: Expressions and procedures
A lambda ("lambda function") is a more concise way to write internal procedures......
The triggers
A trigger is a WLanguage procedure automatically called by the HFSQL engine whenever a modification...
SCM: Creating a repository
To share a project via the Source Code Manager, a repository must be created......
InWinRTSimulatorMode (Function)
Identifies whether or not the code is executed in the WinRT simulator (simulator for applications...
Events associated with a Slider control (WEBDEV)
WINDEV manages the following events by default (in the order in which they appear in the code...
Events associated with a Spreadsheet control
Events associated with a Native Container control
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile manage the following events by default (order of appearance in the code...
CtDescribedPassword (Property)
... in an OLE DB connection (file defined in the code only).
CriticalSectionStart (Function)
Marks the start of a critical section: no other thread will be able to run the code as long...
Events associated with Shape controls
List of events associated with Shape controls...
Events of the Mobile Image Editor control
control Image Editor allows you to offer your mobile application users the possibility to edit...
Transactions in SQL
Starting with version 21, you can manage transactions in SQL code......
Spelling check functions
The following functions are used to manage the spelling checker:
Find/Replace in the current project
The "Find/Replace" feature is used to......
SCM: Local historykeeping
Local historization of an element allows you to set a local save point for the element... Warning...
Multi-project search
Performing a search in the current project is a common operation......
Project compilation: Warning, Error, Information, Programming standard...
When developing a project, the project is compiled on a regular basis....
Zombie data files and items
During the life of an application, items live and die......