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Version: 2026

Developing applications for iPhone/iPad
To develop a WINDEV Mobile application for iPhone/iPad, you need:
Specific features of iPhone/iPad applications
To simplify the reading in the controls used to view large volumes of data, the end user has the ability to zoom the data found in the control...
Developing an application for iPhone/iPad
The development of an iPhone/iPad application is performed in 2 steps:
Window with arrow (iPad)
The principle of windows with arrow is straightforward...
IniOSEmulatorMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in the iOS emulator (iPhone, iPad).
fExtractResource (Function)
Extracts a resource from the application into a physical device location.
iOSExcludeFileFromiCloud (Function)
Excludes a file from iCloud backup.
fListResource (Function)
Lists the resources integrated to the application.
Signature of iOS applications
Signing an application is mandatory from Xcode 8...
Managing contacts (mobile devices)
In your mobile applications, you can directly manage the contacts on your mobile device (Android, iPhone, iPad, etc.).
Action Bar of a window
Action Bars replace the title bar of a window and display different types of information...
Generating an iOS application
Several steps must be performed to develop an iPhone/iPad application:
Compiling a WINDEV Mobile project in Xcode
When the WINDEV Mobile project for iPhone/iPad is generated on the development computer, the generated files must be transferred onto a Mac in order to be compiled...
Non-maximized windows in iOS
A non-maximized window can occupy a section of the screen only...
Developing sites for specific platforms
Websites can be displayed on many devices (Android, iPhone, etc.)...
MacOS - Developing an application in Catalyst mode
Apple has recently released an SDK to natively compile iOS applications for MacOS...
Speech synthesis in the mobile applications
The phones can talk!...
Using Objective-C code
You can use Objective-C code in iPhone/iPad applications generated with WINDEV Mobile.
Right (Function)
Extracts the last characters from a string or string buffer.
fDateTime (Function)
Returns or modifies the different dates and times associated with a file or directory (date...
SocketCreateUDP (Function)
Creates a socket that uses the UDP protocol.
gFontUnderlined (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters to specify whether or not the text that follows the call...
Event (Variable type)
The Event type allows you to define all the advanced features of an event (birthday, anniversary,...
EnumMenu (Function)
Returns: the name of nth option or sub-option found in the main menu of window. the name...
HExtractMemo (Function)
Extracts the content of a binary memo item from an HFSQL table, from a query or from an HFSQL view...
ocrOption (Variable type)
The ocrOption type is used to define all the general options of the native OCR (Optical Character...
dRotation (Function)
Performs a rotation: of an Image control. of an Image variable. of a picLayer variable....
The Looper control
A Looper control is used to repeat the controls found in a specific area......
YesNo (Function)
Displays a message in a standard dialog box that proposes "Yes" and "No" and returns the user's...
Indirection operators
Operators { and operators } operators are used to access a field, variable, class member or table...
EmailOpenMail (Function)
Opens the default messaging software: of Web user on the browser computer. of the user...
SetFocus (Function)
Set focus: to a control (found in a window, in a page or in a frameset). to a window....
The single-part and multi-part archives
Two types of archives are available......
GPSGetPosition (Function)
Retrieves information about the current device position.
Color (Property)
The Color property is used to get or change the font color for: a Font variable. a text...
MultimediaPause (Function)
Pauses a media file played in a Multimedia control.
Multimedia constants
List of constants used by the multimedia functions....
MyFile (Reserved word)
In a trigger, MyFile is used to identify the file that activates the trigger...
AppInstallUPD (Function)
Triggers the automatic update of current application.