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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 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...
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...
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?
MSIX installation packages
Custom tooltips
Tooltips are very useful for application users...
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...
SQL view
An SQL view is a virtual data source defined by an SQL query......
Materialized view
7. Window templates
...Window templates...
WDInst: configuring the characteristics of the file setup
WDInst is used to configure the installation of files......
Automatic features of edit controls
of your applications without writing a single line of code......
Translating the external components
An external component is a set of WINDEV or WEBDEV elements that perform a specific action (send...
Query with parameters
The queries with parameters allow the user to easily select records according...
Managing the semaphores in the threads: limiting the simultaneous code execution
Semaphores are used to limit the simultaneous execution of a code (procedure, line of code, etc....
Errors during an FTP installation
The list below presents the error messages that are displayed in the remote setup wizard...
J2EE functions
List of J2EE functions...
The log process
...A log is a special file that contains the history of all changes made to one or more data files...
Structure of log files (HFSQL Client/Server)
The following files are automatically created when logging an HFSQL Client/Server data file......
Customizing the display of an Organization Chart control
To customize the interface of an Organization Chart control, you must use specific internal...
iOS 14 widget windows
An iOS application with an iOS widget configuration can contain one or more iOS 14 widget...
Creating the executable and the setup program
The languages supported by the application are taken into account......
Android permission management functions
The following functions are used to manage permissions in Android applications...
sComputeCrc16 (Function)
Checks a character string before and after transmission between WINDEV applications...
BTLE functions (prefix syntax)
The following functions are used to handle the Bluetooth Low Energy devices:...
Multimedia control properties
List of properties associated with the Multimedia control...
Importing a WINDEV window into a WEBDEV site
The Windows windows developed with WINDEV......
App Tracking Transparency - Activity tracking
App Tracking Transparency enables users to authorize an iOS app to track their activity...
Automatic features of Pivot Table controls
The Pivot Table control offers several Automatic Application Features (AAF) allowing the user...
Events associated with a Multimedia control
List of events associated with a Multimedia control...