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Version: 2026

Code indentation
When typing compound statements ("Switch", "For" and "While", for example), the code is automatically indented to highlight the structure of the loops used in the program...
Reverse code modeling
The reverse code modeling allows you to view in a graph...
Navigation history in the code
The different editors enable you to directly view the code of an element by pressing the F2 key...
Code style
A code style is used to automatically prefix the name of all the variables and project elements (windows, report controls, classes, etc.
Code snippets
The code editor allows you to enter "Code snippets"...
Conditional target-code
The code editor allows you to enter a specific code for each environment (WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile)...
Server code/Browser code
WEBDEV allows you to create static pages and dynamic pages...
Checkers available in the code editor
The code editor proposes several tools used to correct the code...
Project anomalies: dead code and orphan elements
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile allow you to easily detect these "dead codes" and "orphan" elements.
MyPage (Reserved word)
MyPage is used to handle the current page...
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...
MyPopupControl (Reserved word)
MyPopupControl is used to handle the control that opened a popup window...
In64bitMode (Function)
Indicates whether or not the code is run in 64-bit mode.
IniOSEmulatorMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in the iOS emulator (iPhone, iPad).
MyInternalWindow (Reserved word)
MyInternalWindow is used to handle the current internal window.
InBackgroundMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run when the application is in background.
InAJAXMode (Function)
Specifies whether the code is run from:
InUMCMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run from a code written in a user macro-code.
InKioskMode (Function)
Indicates whether the Android application is in kiosk mode.
MyWindow (Reserved word)
The keyword MyWindow keyword is used to manipulate the current window...
Programming by preset action
Preset actions allow you to define the code of an event in a single click, without having to write one single line of code...
InAndroidEmulatorMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in the Android emulator.
MyReport (Reserved word)
MyReport is used to handle the current report...
InTSEMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run:
  • from a computer in TSE mode or from a remote desktop.
  • from a computer directly.
InComponentMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run:
  • from a WINDEV application, a WEBDEV website or a PHP page.
  • from a component.
Automatically executed processes / events in an application
Several actions are automatically performed when opening or closing an application.
InWebSocketServerMode (Function)
Indicates if the current code is being executed on the WebSocket server.
MySource (Reserved word)
MySource is used to handle the current data source (file, view or query) associated with a report or with a table based on a data file...
InDeviceOwnerMode (Function)
Indicates whether the Android application is in "Device owner" mode.
Project dashboard
The project dashboard provides an overall view of project status via different widgets....
InAndroidMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run in Android mode.
MySelf (Reserved word)
MySelf is used to handle the current control...
ExecuteCode (Function)
Runs the WLanguage code found in a character string.
InStoredProcedureMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run on an HFSQL server.
InWebSocketServerGlobalServiceMode (Function)
Indicates if the current code is being executed on the global service of the WebSocket server.
InDelayedProcedureMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run from a delayed procedure or from a scheduled task on the WEBDEV Application Server.
Creating an application using the RAD methodology
The RAD (Rapid Application Development) is a technology used to easily create a full application...
External language: Programming in C#
We are going to call the elements developed in WINDEV (project, windows, analysis, ......
Automatic button execution (Window)
To force an action on a window, all you have to do is define a button of this window in "Automatic...
Handling an automatic test
When an automated test is created, this test is in "construction" by default......
Query technical documentation
The query editor automatically creates a technical documentation for each query......
Manipulating Combo Box controls programmatically
WINDEV, WINDEV Mobile and WEBDEV allow you to programmatically manipulate Combo Box 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...
SQL set operations: UNION, UNION ALL and INTERSECT
SQL allows performing set operations on groups of files......
Creating a WINDEV project
A project is a logical set of elements and processes whose purpose is to accomplish a given...
Project description: Compilation tab
The project description window allows you to configure various elements of your project......
Project description: Languages tab
The project description window allows you to configure various elements of your project......
Project description: Files tab
The project description window allows you to configure various elements of your project......
Project description: Options tab
The project description window allows you to configure various elements of your project......
Project description: SCM tab
The project description window allows you to configure various elements of your project......
Project description: Advanced tab
The project description window allows you to configure various elements of your project......
Tab order in a window, a page, etc.
The tab order of the controls found in a window or in a page describes the order...
Management errors specific to Native Connectors
When an HFSQL function fails (returns False for example), the corresponding error number...
Visibility of the elements found in an external component
When creating an external component, you have he ability to define the elements of the external...
SQL selection conditions
To specify the selection conditions in an SQL query, you can use......
Sub-query
A sub-query is a query whose result is used by another query......
1. Examples provided with WINDEV Mobile
Additional setup modules
The setup wizard allows you to include additional modules in the setup. The additional modules...
Performance profiler
The performance profiler (also called Profiler) is used to check and optimize the execution time...
Libraries (.WDL file)
A library is a WDL file that contains all WINDEV or WEBDEV resources ......
Set of procedures
The global procedures are grouped in set of procedures......