Category: Quick Tips

Bug when translating strings in the Code Editor

Using the Google Translate Button when Translating Strings in Code does not Save Changes When you right click on a string in the Code editor and chose translate from the popup menu, then just use the Google Translate button to do the translations, the changes do not get saved. It shows them on the screen … Continue reading Bug when translating strings in the Code Editor →

WebDev Publishing Parameter File

When multiple people work on a WebDev project, sometimes more than one person needs to be able to publish an update to the site. If you have ever published a site you know there are quite a few parameters and passwords that you have to get correct. Instead of having to share all of that … Continue reading WebDev Publishing Parameter File →

Handling a Large PostgreSQL Installation Article by Instagram

Just so you don't think Uncle Pete has forsaken PostgreSQL Instagram has one of the largest PostgreSQL installations in the world, and they just recently posted an article on their blog with 5 tips for handling large PostgreSQL installations. http://instagram-engineering.tumblr.com/post/40781627982/handling-growth-with-postgres-5-tips-from-instagram The first two are of the most interest to us developer types, their use … Continue reading Handling a Large PostgreSQL Installation Article by Instagram →

FileZilla FTP Server on Amazon AWS

Wolfgang was having some issues following my articles to setup his WebDev server on Amazon. We discovered that the difference is in the way Amazon does their elastic IP assignments. I am not an Amazon expert, but my understanding is you have a public IP and a private IP. The issue is with the way passive mode of FileZilla … Continue reading FileZilla FTP Server on Amazon AWS →

Web Design Resources

With the recent WebDev Article I have posted, folks have asked about the resource's I use for web development, this isn't an exhaustive list but a good place to start. Google Do I really need to say anymore? Where do you think we found all of these resources? Color Schemer Online A handy tool to … Continue reading Web Design Resources →

Chrome Search Shortcut for WX Online Help

My hat tips to Bob Roos from the Skype Chat from pointing me in the direction of this little tip! Many of us have found that using Google to search the Online help works much better than using pcSoft's built in search function. For instance go to google.com and type in site:doc.windev.com DynamicSiteDisplay and press … Continue reading Chrome Search Shortcut for WX Online Help →

Calculating the 2nd Tuesday of the Month

As many of you know I am in the middle of rewriting pcReminder.com from Cold Fusion to WebDev. Since it is a reminder site, a lot of the functionality revolves around dates. For instance one of the features we support is scheduling a reminder for the nth weekday of the month, such as the 2nd … Continue reading Calculating the 2nd Tuesday of the Month →

Getting the Light Bulb to Click on with Data Abstraction and OOP

Those of you that have followed me for years, know I am a bit of an Old School Guy. But with WinDev I have finally seen the light and am starting to do more and more class coding. Those classes have been what I would call utility classes, they managed bits of the UI (like … Continue reading Getting the Light Bulb to Click on with Data Abstraction and OOP →

Using the ..Note Property

I was going through some of the WD unit examples this morning looking for inspiration. I really suggest you do this from time to time, there are lots of great examples there, and as you knowledge of WinDev grows, more and more of the examples will apply to you. Here's a cool tip I found … Continue reading Using the ..Note Property →

PostgreSQL Images with WinDev – Update 12/21/2012

If you want to store images in your postgreSQL database and display them directly in a WinDev image control, Then you need to configure your database to return the bytea format as 'Escape' instead of Hex. With V9 of PostgreSQL the default changed to Hex and apparently pcSoft has not caught up with the new … Continue reading PostgreSQL Images with WinDev – Update 12/21/2012 →