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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...
HashCheckString (Function)
Checks the Hash of a character string for a specific type of algorithm.
AnchorRateRight (Property)
The AnchorRateRight property is used to: Find out the anchor rate when a control moves...
AnchorRateHeight (Property)
The AnchorRateHeight property is used to: Find out the vertical anchor rate of a control....
gLink (Function)
Adds an "invisible" value into an element found in a List Box or Combo Box control. Function kept...
TableDisplay (Function)
Refreshes a Table or TeeeView Table control from a given position: for a control linked...
DateToString (Function)
Converts: a date to a string in the specified format. a date time to a string...
HImportXML (Function)
Imports an XML file into an HFSQL Classic or Client/Server data file (data file described...
EmailReadMessageHeader (Function)
Reads the header of an incoming email according to the protocol used (POP3 or IMAP, Lotus Notes...
EmailMsgError (Function)
Returns the message corresponding to the error identifier.
EmailReadNext (Function)
Reads the incoming email found after the current email according to the protocol (POP3 or IMAP, MS...
EmailReadFirst (Function)
Reads the first incoming email according to the protocol used (POP3 or IMAP, MS Exchange, Lotus...
SOAPEncodeResult (Function)
Used to configure the format of the value returned by the WINDEV SOAP server to the SOAP client...
ImageMode (Property)
The ImageMode property is used to get and change the display mode of an image in an Image control,...
HNext (Function)
Sets the position on the next data file record according to a browse item.
Debugging a connection to an HFSQL server
The stored procedures and the triggers are debugged from the environment, with real execution...
Zoom (Property)
The Zoom property gets or sets the zoom value: in an Image control. in a Map control....
zipExtractFileList (Function)
Extracts and decompresses a list of files found in an archive to a physical location.
BackgroundImage (Property)
The BackgroundImage property is used to identify and modify the background color of an element:...
The Button control
The Button control allows the user or the Web user to run a specific action with a simple click......
zipAddDirectory (Function)
Adds all the files found in a directory and in its subdirectories into an archive and compresses them.
Constants for managing projects
List of constants used by the functions for managing projects....
HorizontalAlignment (Property)
The HorizontalAlignment property gets and changes the horizontal alignment of a control.
Managing the HFSQL contexts in the windows and in the reports
An HFSQL context contains information relative to the data used......
MongoModifyAll (Function)
Modifies documents in a collection of a MongoDB database.
MongoModifyOne (Function)
Modifies a document in a collection of MongoDB database.