WebDev Dynamic versus AWP

I have spoken about this many times at our workshops, Devcons, etc. And written about it even more, you might say its a bit of a soap box 🙂 But as we have more and more new WebDev developers joining the ranks everyday, I bears revisiting. There are two primary methods of developing WebDev sites. … Continue reading WebDev Dynamic versus AWP →

Using HAlias to have 2 active record buffers for the same file

Sometimes you need to have more than one active record buffer for a file (database table). A classic example of this is when a file relates to itself. For example, inventory records might have an alternate part to order, so there ends up a reference from one inventory record to another. We are going to … Continue reading Using HAlias to have 2 active record buffers for the same file →

CSS Styles versus WebDev Styles

A brief exert from one of my presentations on WebDev, discussing the differences between CSS styles and WebDev Styles CSS Styles and WebDev Styles This is one area of WebDev that is a bit confusing and I wish, had been implemented a bit differently. If you have worked with WinDev, you have worked with … Continue reading CSS Styles versus WebDev Styles →

v23 Pre-Release initial testing

Just a quick note about moving apps to v23 for everyone. I have move 2 of our WD projects to the v23 pre-release without issue, one was a small project, but the other one is a very large system, with 264 windows. 3 databases (including both HFSQL and PostgreSQL) and 7 configurations (Windows exe, windows … Continue reading v23 Pre-Release initial testing →

Skins, Palette, WebDev Styles, CSS styles, Templates – What are they?

I had a client ask a question this week, and I thought the question and answer deserved a blog post. The client is getting ready to start a new WebDev project and was asking me about "style templates" and how to view the available ones and chose one for his new project. That turns out, … Continue reading Skins, Palette, WebDev Styles, CSS styles, Templates – What are they? →

Upload Controls Doesn’t send the value of controls to the server…

In a recent project, I found an "issue" with the upload control. When you press the button to upload, it does not send the value of controls to the server. Let's look at the General Tab of the direction for a normal button. See the option for Send the value of controls to the server. … Continue reading Upload Controls Doesn’t send the value of controls to the server… →

Changing the IDE User and Setting up SCM

A question about the IDE User comes up occasionally, usually when someone has been using the IDE for a while and now wants to setup an SCM, especially if that is a remote SCM managed by someone else. We get this question a lot when we setup a Remote hosted SCM for someone as well. … Continue reading Changing the IDE User and Setting up SCM →

Special WinDev/WebDev upgrade offer good until December 31st

If you haven't upgraded to v22 yet, and now you are waiting for v23 to be released, have we got a deal for you! Between now and December 31st, you can order your upgrade at a special price, and it will include v23 when it is released! You can go to our price list to see … Continue reading Special WinDev/WebDev upgrade offer good until December 31st →

Designing the Database

As I said earlier I hope to commercialise this application, therefore I need to make it multi-tenanted. That's pretty easy. Firstly I created an organisations table - simple for now - just an ID and a name. The record IDs are automatically created and are given a sub-type of "automatic identifier" - this means every … Continue reading Designing the Database →

Choosing the Database

I plan to host the application on Amazon Web Services (AWS). I had some experience in setting up a WebDev application on AWS a few years ago and I thought the servers and all the other utilities and services offered by AWS were fantastic. Also a basic server was free for a year - so … Continue reading Choosing the Database →