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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...
Implementing log-based replication: Modifying the analysis
Log-based replication can be implemented in the data model editor......
Automatic context menu for the Scheduler controls
Each Scheduler control found in a window proposes a menu to the user....
Context menu of Organizer controls (AAF)
Each Organizer control found in a window proposes a menu to the user......
Printing the content of a Spreadsheet control (AAF)
Spreadsheet controls include an automatic context menu that allows users to perform different...
Events associated with Camera controls
List of WLanguage events associated with Camera controls....
External language: Programming in Visual Basic
We are going to call the elements developed in WINDEV (project, windows, analysis, ......
Translating programming messages
When developing a multilingual application, you can translate the different messages displayed...
12. Synchronizing data
Downloading files
The download is the operation that consists in saving a file stored on the server onto the computer...
Sending faxes with WINDEV and WEBDEV
To send faxes from an application or from a site, WINDEV and WEBDEV propose several functions...
HClusterStop (Function)
... any connection from the client applications.
iOSAppGroupDirectory (Function)
Returns the path of the container used to share files between several applications belonging...
AAF: File Path edit controls
Application Features): a specific popup menu used to handle the file. a file preview in thumbnail format...
"Long press" optional event
The optional event "Long press/Open context menu" is run during a long press on the controls...
Multi-control search: search in a window
You want to find a word in the controls of your window? Nothing is easier, press CTRL + F and type...
MyHostControl (Reserved word)
The MyHostControl keyword is used to handle the WEBDEV Page control from the code of the page...
Logical Data Model (LDM)
A Logical Data Model (LDM) is used to describe the data structures (files, items, ......
WDInst: handling the files to install
By default, the files to install are......
Synchronizing threads via events
Events can be used to synchronize the different threads of an application......
Importing a WEBDEV project into WINDEV
...WINDEV proposes a feature for importing WEBDEV sites or WEBDEV pages....
Example for managing videos (broadcasted by a Camera control)
In this example, the application allows you to......
Office tools
leaving the application......
4. UI: Windows
IU of windows...
Multilingual feature in the controls (window, page, report)
In a multilingual application or site, the multilingual feature is proposed for the following...
WINDEV and the streams - Use example
In this example, the application must manage a video conference between two computers......