Category: WINDEV
The Version 21 release is just around the corner, it looks like once again pcSoft has done a great job! This week the New Features brochure was released, so I wanted to highlight some of the new features that I think are most exciting. General WX and Windev Features #1 New Repositionable Note Control This … Continue reading Version 21 Top New Features
I recently needed to embed several PDF files in our executable so we didn’t have to ship them individually with application and keep track of updating them separately. The original plan was to try to do something similar to what pcSoft does with the DLLs in the executable, where they “self-extract” with the first run. … Continue reading Embedding a HF Classic Table in Your EXE
Normally when I want a PDF generated from a report I do so by using the iDestination function, similar to this: The generated PDF will have the name specified by the variable PDFFileName. But recently a Client had a report that we were using the Print Preview for, however when the user saved the report as … Continue reading Setting PDF Filename when using Print Preview
This week we will be covering the new v19 WinDev Dashboard features. This was one of the Devcon presentations, so those that attended Devcon have had the benefit of this information for over a month now! In this webinar we will go over all the functions available via the Dashboard features. And look at the … Continue reading WinDev Dashboards
We ran into an odd one this morning. Location names were not showing up correctly in a combo box control. Freezer R&D was showing up as Freezer RD It appears that the combo box control has some logic to create hot keys for the choices using the & character, just like there is for captions. … Continue reading Combobox issue with & Character
We all have those projects where there is some dynamic portion that requires end user configuration. Those areas of the database always seem to be in churn because there is always one more field to add to control some aspect of the configuration. Or you have that project where the data you will be storing … Continue reading Using XML to Store Options in Database instead of Individual Fields
We had a memory table control based on an array and when adding a new row, we needed to move each column of the table into its corresponding structured array fields. Unfortunately TableSave only works with browsing table controls, so I had to create my own function to move each field. Well when I got … Continue reading TableToArray (Function to Copy Table Columns To Structured Array)
When asked about developing multiple language applications, I have always made the wise crack: "Once I sell every English speaking person a copy of my software, then I will worry about translating it to another language" Well now that I am consulting on projects in Europe and other spots around the globe, I am seeing … Continue reading Multi Language option at Login
This week's Uncle Pete's corner will be looking at my PDF Viewer/Scanner/Importer Screen. We will be storing the images in a Hyperfile C/S database. This will be 100% native WinDev code no ActiveX or .NET required! One of my very early projects involved document storage. That was a long time ago! The documents weren't stored … Continue reading PDF Viewer/Scanner/Importer Screen with Database Storage
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
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