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Version: 2026

Creating a Java project
WINDEV allows you to generate a Java application without even knowing the Java language...
Environment of the project editor
The main elements of the project editor are as follows:
Test a static project
The test of the entire project allows simulating the startup of the site...
Project dashboard
The project dashboard provides an overall view of project status via different widgets....
Project Management Hub: Schedule management
The project contributors can manage their tasks directly from the schedule or from the task list...
Creating a WINDEV Mobile project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Importing a WINDEV/WINDEV Mobile project and its elements
A WINDEV project and all its elements compatible with WINDEV Mobile (analysis, windows, classes, sets of procedures, queries, ...
Events associated with the project
List of events associated with the project
Project comparator
Comparing two windows (two pages, two reports, two classes, ...
Project image gallery
The project image gallery allows viewing all the images of a project in a single click...
Transforming a WINDEV project into Mobile: a detailed audit
Transforming WINDEV applications into Mobile is very easy...
Common project
Projects are often cross-platform...
Project anomalies: dead code and orphan elements
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to easily detect these "dead codes" and "orphan" elements.
Importing elements into a project
All the elements of a project (windows, reports, classes, sets of procedures, queries...
Testing and debugging a project on the development computer
The test of the entire project allows you to simulate the start of the application with the executable...
Project Management Hub: Presentation
The Project Management Hub is used to organize and schedule a project, from design to delivery...
Debugger: Step-by-step project execution
Running a project step-by-step allows you to start the debugger when launching the application...
Project with multiple analyses
A single WINDEV, WEBDEV or WINDEV Mobile project can now use multiple analyses (data descriptions)...
Duplicating a project
Duplicating a project allows you to have two identical projects with the same name but found in different directories...
Project elements
The project includes windows, reports, queries, help files, sets of procedures, ...
Handling the versions of a window, report, query or project
When creating and developing the different elements of a project (window, query, report, project, ...
Project compilation: Warnings, Errors, Information, Programming standard, etc.
When developing a project, the project is compiled on a regular basis.
Query and project
Making a backup of a project
It is possible to regularly make a backup of the different elements of a project...
Organizing the directories of a project
When creating a project, a directory specific to this project is automatically created...
Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Project configuration
Project configurations allow you to adapt the same project to multiple "targets"...
Project functions
List of functions for managing projects
Renaming a project
Renaming a project is used ton modify the name of the project. All the elements linked to the project before it is renamed are kept.
Recompiling the project
The project compilation is a process used to...
Restoring a project backup
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to regularly save the different elements of your project in an archive file (ZIP extension)...
Associating documents with the project
To describe a project in detail, you can associate documents with it...
Cleaning the project
After months or years of development and maintenance, the directory of your project often contains several files that are not used anymore but that you don't dare delete...
Creating a WEBDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given objective...
Time management
For each element (windows, reports, ...
ProjectInfo (Function)
Returns specific information about the project currently run.
Code statistics
The code statistics affect...
Test of a WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile application
WINDEV and WINDEV Mobile feature multiple methods to test applications...
Managing pinned projects
The home window of WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allows you to manage the pinned projects when opening an existing project...
Carrying over the differences from an element to another one
The project comparator is used to compare two elements and to list the differences found...
Creating an application that manages the Euro
The method for creating an application supporting the switch to the Euro is as simple as the method for creating a WINDEV application.
FishEye
The "FishEye" effect is used to enlarge a section of editor graphs (analysis graph, UML graph, ...
Importing and consuming SOAP web services
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to directly import web services into your applications...
Debugging without using a debugger
In some cases, running a program or a site with or without the debugger can produce different results...
Global procedure/function
A global procedure can be used in all the processes or events of the project.
Custom tooltips
Tooltips are very useful for application users...
Execution platform
WINDEV Mobile allows you to develop applications for different families of products...
Local procedure
Two types of procedures are available...
Window for quick selection
You are searching for a project element? You only know part of its name? Press [CTRL]+[E] to open the quick selection window...
Custom-Folders
"Custom-Folders" simplify the organization of projects, allowing you to group the elements of your application by themes...
RETURN statement
The RETURN statement is used to exit the current event, process or procedure and return a result...
Testing a Mobile application
By testing the project you can simulate how the application will run when launched by the user...
Code history
The code history is used to...
Share your projects via Git
Git is a source code manager...
"About" window
The "About" window is used to display and access various information about the current application ...
Opening a help file (CHM, HTML or PDF)
There are several ways to open a help file...
What is an application?
An application is a set of objects (windows, controls, ...
Site testing: the different types of tests available
WEBDEV includes multiple methods for testing your sites...
Exporting elements to a directory
All the elements handled by a project (window, report, classes, set of procedures, queries, ...
WINDEV Mobile: Platforms, processors and operating systems
WINDEV Mobile applications can run on the following platforms
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...
Automated tests on an executable
WINDEV allows you to test a project using the corresponding executable...
Business rules
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to manage the business rules...
The "Favorites" pane
The "Favorites" pane gives direct access to the favorites of your project...
Using several libraries in an application
A library is a WDL file that contains all the resources...
HOpenComplementaryAnalysis (Function)
Opens a new analysis, but keeps the main analysis of the application.
ListDLL (Function)
Returns: at runtime: the list of libraries (".DLL" files) used by the current WINDEV or WINDEV...
Deploying a Java archive
Like for any application, WINDEV allows you to create a setup program for a Java application......
RightToLeft (Property)
The RightToLeft property is used to get the writing direction on a control, column, window...
Testing and debugging a remote site
WEBDEV offers several methods to test and debug a site on the development computer (see...
NationRightToLeft (Function)
Allows you to find out whether the current language is written from right to left.
TextDirection (Property)
The TextDirection property is used to determine and change the writing direction in a window,...
Importing a WINDEV window into a WEBDEV site
The Windows windows developed with WINDEV......
WDInst: handling the files to install
By default, the files to install are......
Logical Data Model (LDM)
A Logical Data Model (LDM) is used to describe the data structures (files, items, ......
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The "Debugger" pane
The "Debugger" pane displays the debugger options when debugging the project or a project element...
Different types of pages
WEBDEV enables you to create static sites and/or dynamic sites......
The different types of sites
WEBDEV enables you to create static sites and/or dynamic sites......
1. RAD (Rapid Application Development)
Importing a CSS style sheet
WEBDEV allows you to import a CSS style sheet into a WEBDEV project......
Generation of a class diagram using reverse engineering
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV allow you to create the class diagram of an application using...
1. RAD (Rapid Application Development)
Working in Offline mode
When working on a laptop computer or on an offline computer, you may want to continue to work......
Error 203: The procedure already has a scope attribute (local or global)
Translation with Google Translate
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to support up to 64 languages in the same project......
Environment of the query editor
ComponentInfo (Function)
Returns information about a component.
The report editor
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to create reports with the report editor......
Developing sites for specific platforms
Many devices can be used to display websites (Android phone, iPhone, etc....