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Managing rights on HFSQL Client/Server
To ensure data security and confidentiality, some actions may be restricted to a group of users...
Stored procedures and queries (HFSQL Client/Server)
The stored procedures are used to simplify the development and the maintenance of your applications by factorizing the code...
Installing an HFSQL Client/Server server with an application
When creating the setup program of a WINDEV application using HFSQL Client/Server tables, the wizard allows you to...
How to backup HFSQL Client/Server databases?
The backup of the HFSQL Client/Server databases can be performed ...
HFSQL Client/Server database: Recommendations
This help page presents the main recommendations for optimizing the security and performance of an HFSQL Client/Server database according to the constraints and desired features...
Restoring an HFSQL Client/Server database
A backup of an HFSQL Client/Server database can be restored at any time...
HFSQL Client/Server: Port management
The ports used by the HFSQL Client/Server server...
HFSQL Client/Server functions
Several HFSQL functions are used to manage the HFSQL Client/Server data...
HFSQL Client/Server: Backing up databases
Like for any database, backups of your HFSQL Client/Server databases must be performed on a regular basis...
HFSQL Client/Server: Scheduled tasks
The scheduled tasks are used to schedule automatic tasks...
HFSQL Client/Server functions (prefix syntax)
Several HFSQL functions are used to manage the HFSQL Client/Server data...
Managing the load balancing (dynamic load balancing on server)
The server that is hosting a HFSQL database engine can be very busy...
Overview of HFSQL Cluster
HFSQL Cluster is a database server intended to be deployed on several servers...
<HFSQL connection>.StatCalculateAsynchronous (Function)
Gets various statistics on the keys of an HFSQL Client/Server table.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
HAddScheduledOptimization (Function)
Adds an optimization task of HFSQL Client/Server tables.
<HFSQL connection>.ReindexAsynchronous (Function)
Rebuilds the index of an HFSQL Client/Server table (".NDX" file). This operation is asynchronous, i.e., it is performed on the server and does not block the client side.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
<HFSQL connection>.CheckMemoAsynchronous (Function)
Checks the structural integrity of memos in an HFSQL Client/Server table.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
HFSQL Cluster functions
The following functions are used to manage an HFSQL cluster
Limitations of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile
A structure is a custom type of data...
Installing and configuring HFSQL Cluster
Required configuration and overview for installing HFSQL Cluster.
<HFSQL connection>.CheckIndexAsynchronous (Function)
Checks that the data contained in the index file (.NDX file) correctly references the data contained in the HFSQL Client/Server table (.FIC file).
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
Using the Control Centers in Client/Server mode
All the Control Centers provided with WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile use the same database...
Debugging a connection to an HFSQL server
The stored procedures and the triggers are debugged from the environment, with real execution on the server...
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 an HFSQL cluster, ...
Remote HFSQL Administrator: Overview
The remote HFSQL administrator is a WEBDEV site installed with the WEBDEV application server and used to remotely manage the HFSQL Client/Server databases installed on the Web server...
HCheckMemoAsynchronous (Function)
Checks the structural integrity of memos in an HFSQL Client/Server table.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
Authentication via Active Directory
Kerberos is an authentication mode based on the use of tickets and secret keys...
HReindexAsynchronous (Function)
Rebuilds the index of an HFSQL Client/Server table (".NDX" file). This operation is asynchronous, i.e., it is performed on the server and does not block the client side.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
HStatCalculateAsynchronous (Function)
Gets various statistics on the keys of an HFSQL Client/Server table.
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
HCheckIndexAsynchronous (Function)
Checks that the data contained in the index file (.NDX file) correctly references the data contained in the HFSQL Client/Server table (.FIC file).
This function is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
<Connection variable>.AddScheduledOptimization (Function)
Adds an optimization task of HFSQL Client/Server tables.
Constants used by the functions for managing the HFSQL Cluster
Reinitializes the content of an Organization Chart control from its data source (HFSQL data file for example)....
HFSQL Control Center: Refreshing materialized views
The Control Center allows you to implement a mechanism for regularly refreshing the content of a materialized view......
New Features brochure - Version 27: New WEBDEV features
New features in WEBDEV 27 presented in the New Features brochure....
13. Reports
WINDEV Mobile allows you to easily create and print all types of reports with the report editor....
User Groupware: Configuring the site
Once the User Groupware is configured, the configuration of users and accesses is performed at runtime, by connecting with a "supervisor" account......
WDOptimizer: Overview
The different operations that can be performed with WDOptimizer are as follows......
7. Creating HFSQL files: files physically created
The data model editor allows you to define the structure of the data files....
Native SQL Server Connector for WINDEV and WEBDEV
WINDEV and WEBDEV support an optional Native SQL Server Connector (also called Native SQL Server Access)......
MongoDB/GRIDFS databases
MongoDB is a document-oriented NoSQL database......
Error 404: The file for HFSQL browse cannot be an expression of this type
User Groupware: Executable creation and installation
The executable of an application that supports the User Groupware is a multi-instance executable....
WINDEV: Windows created via the "window" RAD
The wizard for window creation proposes several types of windows associated with HFSQL tables......
13. Print: Reports
WINDEV reports...
Report data source
...The reports can be created with the data coming from:...
I was using C with WINDEV 5.5. How to proceed in WINDEV 2024?
You have the ability to use external languages with WINDEV......
Handling Gantt Chart controls programmatically
2024 novelties brochure: WEBDEV novelties
Sets the position directly on the desired bookmark in the PDF document....
User Groupware: Configuring the application
Once the User Groupware is configured, the configuration of users and accesses is performed at runtime, by connecting with a "supervisor" account......
SQL query (WLanguage type)
The "SQL query" type is used to write an SQL query in the WLanguage code.
How to create and run an SQL query through programming?
This help page explains how to create and run an SQL query through programming....