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Version: 2026

Application patch
Once an application was installed, the application library had to be reinstalled whenever a modification was performed (WDL file)...
Application installation: single-user or network?
WINDEV proposes several types of setup for a WINDEV application...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Operating mode of HFSQL application
An HFSQL application can operate in network mode or in Client/Server mode...
Activating an application or a site
When distributing an application or a site, you may want to offer both a full version and a limited version...
.NET application
To create a.NET application from a project...
Changing an application to 64-bit
WINDEV allows you to develop 64-bit applications...
Deploying an application that uses an external component
An application that uses one or more external components is deployed in the same way as a standard application...
Performance profiler
The performance profiler is a tool for checking and optimizing the execution time of your application...
geoRunApp (Function)
Starts the device's native maps application to display:
  • a specific geographical location,
  • a route between two locations.
AppDetectUPDAvailable (Function)
Disables or customizes the automatic check for available updates.
RETURN statement
The RETURN statement is used to exit the current event, process or procedure and return a result...
ListDLL (Function)
Returns:
  • runtime List of libraries (".DLL" files) used by the current WINDEV application, WINDEV Mobile or WEBDEV site. Only the libraries loaded in memory are listed.
  • in test mode: all libraries installed on the current workstation.
Developing applications for Android
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for the Android operating system...
REP files
REP files contain the list of data files handled by the application.
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Same source code for 32 and 64-bit applications
The 64-bit operating systems are starting to appear on the PCs and on the servers...
Creating a WINDEV Mobile 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...
EmailRunApp (Function)
Starts the native email application on the current computer:
  • Computer running Windows,
  • Mobile device (Android, iPhone, iPad).
Local network (LAN) setup
Deploying a setup on a local area network (LAN) involves installing and updating a WINDEV application via a reference server,.
Setup by HTTP (Network setup via IP)
The network setup via HTTP consists in installing and updating a WINDEV application via an HTTP server (Live update)...
SMSRunApp (Function)
Starts the native application for sending SMSs found on the device (Android or iPhone/iPad).
JITc
The principle of JITc technology (Just In Time Compilation) is straightforward...
Setup in MSI format
You can create MSI installers...
Generating and deploying 64-bit applications
WINDEV allows you to automatically generate and install a 64-bit application.
How to create a patch?
Custom tooltips
Tooltips are very useful for application users...
MSIX installation packages
Keyboard shortcuts
The main keyboard shortcuts in the editors are as follows...
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...
grAxisTitleFont (Function)
Modifies the font used for the titles of the chart axes.
HOnError (Function)
Customizes the management of HFSQL errors.
gFontSize (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters used to specify the size of the font for a text found in a graphic...
TableDisableFilter (Function)
Disables a user filter on a column or on all the columns found in a Table or TreeView Table...
pdfAttachment (Type of variable)
The pdfAttachment type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of an attachment in a PDF...
Replace (Function)
Replaces all occurrences of a specified substring in a string with another specified substring.
MemSeek (Function)
Seeks an element in a memory area: on the value added by MemAdd or on the value modified...
Val (Function)
Returns the numeric value of a character string.
OpenContextMenu (Function)
Automatically opens a context menu for the current control, window or page.
gFont (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters describing the font that will be used for the text.
fCompare (Function)
Compares the content of two files bit by bit.
FTPName (Function)
Returns the name of last file accessed by an FTP function (File Transfer Protocol).
Creating a flexible modeling
To create a new flexible modeling, you can......
iEndPrinting (Function)
Signals the end of the document to print and actually starts printing the data stored...
ChangeSourcePage (Function)
Dynamically changes the page displayed in an Internal Page control
ListMoveLine (Function)
Moves a row or swaps two rows in a List Box or Combo Box control.
Brochure of new features: new features of WINDEV Mobile
New features in WINDEV Mobile 28 presented in the New Features brochure....
New Features brochure - Version 28: WINDEV Mobile news
New features in WINDEV Mobile 28 presented in the New Features brochure....
HIndex (Function)
Rebuilds the file index (".NDX" file).
MultimediaBeginning (Function)
Positions at the beginning of the media file played in the Multimedia control.
MultimediaEnd (Function)
Positions at the end of media file played in the Multimedia control.
MultimediaStatus (Function)
Indicates the status of the multimedia file played in the Multimedia control.
SFExecuteQuery (Function)
Runs an SOQL query (Salesforce Object Query Language) on a Salesforce database.
SFRead (Function)
Retrieves the Salesforce records from their identifiers.
sfSearchResult (Type of variable)
The sfSearchResult type is used to find out the result of SFSearch...