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Overview of windows
Creating a window

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Overview of windows

Windows constitute the main interface of a WINDEV or WINDEV Mobile application. Indeed, windows allow users to view and handle information. This information can be dynamic information (coming from files or queries) or static information (entered in the window controls directly).

Creating a window

To create a window:

Click in the quick access buttons:
- The new element window appears: click "Window" then "Window".
- The window creation wizard opens.
Select the type of window to create:
- the "Standard" tab is used to created blank windows, without any control.
  - The window creation wizard allows you to create maximized windows or non-maximized windows.
  - The "Blank for widget" option is used to create a Widget window in an Android application.
  - The wizards for creating blank windows for iPhone and for iPad are used to define the main characteristics of the window.
    For the iPad applications, the wizard allows you to create simple windows or double windows. You also have the ability to create non-maximized windows.
  - The "Non-maximized blank with arrow" option is used to create a "Window with arrow" window or a "Popup" window available for the applications operating on iPad. For more details, see Window with arrow.
  - The "Blank" option is used to create maximized or non-maximized windows.
  - The "Blank" option is used to create maximized or non-maximized windows.
- the "RAD" tab is used to create RAD windows. These windows can be used to display and enter data. This type of window can be based on a data file, on a query, ...
- the "Internal window" tab allows you to create windows that can be used by an Internal window control.
- the "Based on a template" tab allows you to create a window using a window template provided with the IDE or created previously.

To display the characteristics of the window, select "Description" in the context menu of the window.