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Version: 2026

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...
Application patch
Once an application was installed, the application library had to be reinstalled whenever a modification was performed (WDL file)...
.NET application
To create a.NET application from a project...
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, ...
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...
Changing an application to 64-bit
WINDEV allows you to develop 64-bit applications...
Operating mode of HFSQL application
An HFSQL application can operate in network mode or in Client/Server mode...
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.
Performance profiler
The performance profiler is a tool for checking and optimizing the execution time of your application...
RETURN statement
The RETURN statement is used to exit the current event, process or procedure and return a result...
EmailRunApp (Function)
Starts the native email application on the current computer:
  • Computer running Windows,
  • Mobile device (Android, iPhone, iPad).
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Setup in MSI format
You can create MSI installers...
REP files
REP files contain the list of data files handled by the application.
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...
Developing applications for Android
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for the Android operating system...
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...
MSIX installation packages
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...
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.
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...
Functions for managing tiles
The following functions are used to manage the tiles found in the Windows Store apps applications...
Multiselection (Property)
The Multiselection property gets and sets the selection mode: in a Table and TreeView Table...
HBackward (Function)
Moves backward several records from the current position in the data file, according to a specified...
HForward (Function)
Moves several records forward from the current position in the data file, according to a specified...
zipExtractPath (Function)
Returns the path of a file found in the archive.
zipDeleteFile (Function)
Deletes a file from an archive.
<Organizer>.SelectMinus (Function)
Deselects an appointment from an Organizer control.
<Organizer>.Position (Function)
Displays an Organizer control from a specified date or returns the date of the first day...
DateToDayOfWeek (Function)
Returns the day of the week that corresponds to a given date.
ContinentList (Function)
Returns the list of continents.
Project managers: How to manage a development project?
The Control Centers in WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile provide project managers with several tools...
7. Multilingual sites in practice
Assisted universal replication: specific features
LooperSavePositionAndSelection (Function)
Saves: the position of the scrollbar in a Looper control, the selected element(s)....
MQTT functions
The following functions are used to manage MQTT clients...
Width (Property)
The Width property gets and changes the width: of a control or block in a report....
fOpen (Function)
Opens an external file (ANSI or UNICODE) in order to handle it through programming.
TableMoveLine (Function)
Moves a row or swaps two rows in a Table control.
The "Radar" charts
The Radar chart is used to highlight a series according to another one......
IMAP protocol
The IMAP protocol is a standard protocol for managing emails......
xmlSignatureReference (Type of variable)
The xmlSignatureReference type is used to add a reference section into the XML signature.
Modified (Property)
The Modified property is used to determine if a control or group of controls has been modified...
TableSelect (Function)
Returns the index of the selected element in the Table or TreeView Table control.
gImage (Function)
Builds a sequence of characters containing an image.