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Windev Saas 2026 - Poor quality? (no replies)

KG — Tue, 12 May 2026 18:58:01 +0200

Is anyone else experiencing serious stability issues with WinDev 2026 SaaS (now Update 3 / April update)?

My experience over the last months has been worrying enough that I now fully rely on Git and regular reclones.

Issues observed:

-clipboard functionality in the IDE breaking down (“Cannot open clipboard”)
-statistics counters suddenly becoming nonsensical (jumping from 2.5K to 5.2K LoC)
-progressive freezes and IDE instability (sudden crashes)
-“Wait Chain” situations where WinDev appeared to be waiting on threads that no longer existed
-IDE degradation over time until reinstall becomes necessary (less than 2 weeks of daily use since the update)

Today, after changing the length of a few HFSQL C/S fields and synchronising/regenerating, WinDev modified class code outside generated mapping areas:

-class member definitions removed
-constructors removed
-typed enums rewritten to generic Enumeration
-procedure signatures broken leading to hundreds of compile errors generated instantly

I had previously experienced similar issues when trying the AI Companion for code generation/refactoring. It got lost in the editor and damaged the project as described above. This was duly reported with dumps and details.

I stopped pursuing the issue through support because it was too time-consuming, I had to repeatedly send the same dumps, I realised things were rather chaotic internally and people were very reluctant to communicate openly

At this point I am about to reinstall once again.

It would be useful to know whether others are experiencing similar instability/corruption with WinDev Suite 2026 (and the recent updates).

Bearing in mind their recent vid on Youtube(*) the road ahead seems long and challenging with such immature processes (no bug database,... ).

(*) on how marketing drove their releases before... However from now on they were committed to quality

“SaaSpocalypse” Erased $285 Billion (1 reply)

gpredl — Tue, 12 May 2026 19:10:06 +0200

Is it true?

how to require entry field with yellow background under WINDEV (2 replies)

PETER ZHOU — Wed, 06 May 2026 23:35:54 +0200

Hi,

How to make 'require' entry field with yellow background under WINDEV (for end-user to know it's required) ?
Cannot recall where i have seen this feature mentioned

Regards,

PETER ZHOU

how to make colour blink in windev (3 replies)

PETER ZHOU — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:03:08 +0200

Hi,

How to make colour blink in windev (font text or background colour) ?

Regards,

PETER ZHOU

Windev Preview (3 replies)

IsmirB — Mon, 04 May 2026 08:30:58 +0200

Hello everyone.
Have you, since version 2024-2026, had certain problems with the application "freezing", especially on the report preview.
The program seems to go into the background (gray out) and tries to recover but without results.
The only solution is to close the entire application or even sometimes it crashes itself.?

Any idea is welcome.

PC Soft is reinventing itself (9 replies)

dmontaine — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:29:55 +0200

1) at this point you can't buy a WX license without calling PCSoft
2) they indicate in their videos that you will no longer buy individual products (Windev, WebDev, etc) you will buy access to the Windev suite based on the size of your organization

What are your thoughts?

Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) under webdev (no replies)

PETER ZHOU — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:07:43 +0200

Hi,

As i am not familiar with Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS), what's the best solution fixes under webdev ?
Any examples you can provide would be greatly appreciated

Regards,

PETER ZHOU

winscp (no replies)

ntnati — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:08:55 +0200

Hi,

are there any WINSCP .net dll users?
I need to find the return value in tr .

tr is Variant
Session.Open(SessionOptions)

// Upload file
TransferOptions is WinSCP.TransferOptions
TransferOptions.TransferMode = WinSCP.TransferMode.Binary

tr = Session.PutFiles(sLocalFileName, "/Inbox/", False, TransferOptions)

thnak you

Handling a callback url (6 replies)

mixgh — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:36:57 +0200

Hi,
I'm totally at sea with some of the internet technologies, though I have been able to survive using WebDev.

Has anyone ever processed a callback url after an HTTPSend() call. Some sample code would be of great help.

Thanks and regards

issah

Speaking of dongles (no replies)

JP — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:28:21 +0200

All,

As it so happens, I have need for additional WX2025 perpetual dongles (WD/WB/WM - non-subscription version). If anyone has some to sell then please send me a private message and we can discuss it.

Thanks

JP

Al Fakher - no ads allowed! (no replies)

Anonymous User — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:23:09 +0200

No ads allowed here!

Al Fakher - no ads allowed! (no replies)

Anonymous User — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:16:27 +0200

No ads allowed!

multiple files pick in windev (1 reply)

PETER ZHOU — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:29:19 +0200

Hi,

How do you do multiple files pick in WINDEV ?
I can only get it to pick one file at a time.

Regards,

PETER ZHOU

detect mouse click in a table for windev (2 replies)

PETER ZHOU — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:21:02 +0200

Hi,

2 questions under WINDEV :-

1)how to detect mouse left or right click on a table column and return the value in this column ?

2)Is there way to simulate CTRL+C on a table columm (not using the AAF menu option for table)?

Regards,

PETER ZHOU

windev mobile camera (1 reply)

SteveSitas — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:01:40 +0200

Hello,
I have been tesing this windev mobile 2025 app on pcsofts IDE.
I have a camera control on a mobile window - and although it didn't function on the emulator - the window opened fine and it just showed a empty rectangle. Of course it worked fine on an android phone.

Suddenly, without doing anything, when I go now in a mobile screen, in the pcsoft emulator, it exits the app !!!
This happens with all examples that have the camera control ...
Any Ideas?

Steven Sitas

Looking for a new mission (no replies)

Fabrice Harari — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:54:20 +0100

Hello everybody

I'm currently looking for a new mission, mostly remote... So if any of you needs something around WX, just let me know on contact@fabriceharari.com

Best regards

Fabrice Harari

image to text (4 replies)

PETER ZHOU — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:27:57 +0100

Hi,

Any idea how to do IMAGE TO TEXT from WINDEV ?
Or using any 3rd party tool ?

Regards,

PETER ZHOU

Printing/sending invoices with correct line sequence (3 replies)

Mike James — Sat, 02 May 2026 00:23:41 +0200

I generate invoice as PDFs or files of various types, eg XML, CSV. I had trouble retaining the original line sequence as per the source transaction.

Typically I scan a data source of invoice headers, and within the scan I filter another data source for all the invoice lines for that invoice, then scan those lines to generate the output:

FOR EACH
- Using HFilter, filter the invoice lines data source for that invoice (ordered by invoice and linenumber)
- FOR EACH
- - Print the invoice report or create the output file

I tried 3 different ways to filter the invoice lines data:

1. FOR...EACH - did not return the correct set of data, even though a display of the data source in the debugger showed the correct set of lines.

2. WHILE HOut() - correct invoice set but the lines were in random order

3. FOR EACH where "saleid = '" + .saleid + "'" ON LineNumber

#3 worked correctly. The "where clause" created the correct subset of data, and "ON linenumber" retained the correct line sequence.

See [doc.windev.com].

This may be well known but not to me. Shared for anyone who can benefit!

Browser page closes by itself after a few seconds (previously was working) (2 replies)

mixgh — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 03:37:12 +0100

Hi,

My page closes by itself after a few seconds when it is opened. Can't seem to find the reason why. This is a previously working app. The current version is in production. I only realized this when I tried to update it with new features. The trace log is the attached screenshot.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks and regards
issah

[WB27] problem running the project in debug (4 replies)

pao — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:42:47 +0100

We can't run any project in debug using chrome o edge, if we use firefox it works.

This is happening with the latest version of chrome and edge.

When we try to run the projects in debug wecann see the first page bug the session ends without any visible error.

SQL Server and MARS (2 replies)

alex.kolaric — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:08:04 +0100

Hi,

Does anyone have experience with MARS and SQL Server when using native client in your Windev/Webdev application? Which connection string text should be used to force MARS usage on a connection? I have weird error message popping up on some of our clients workstations

"cannot create new connection because in manual or distributed transaction mode"

and it happens on simple HReadSeekFirst while transaction is active. The weird thing is that it happens on some workstations only. I would like to try to solve it with MARS.

Regards,
Alex

[WB 2024] Pipe error in testmode (no replies)

pietvanz — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:36:24 +0100

Hi,

I have a problem when testing a dynamic site.
When I test a single page it comes up normally in the browser, but if from that page another page is called or a PageDisplayDialog then the webdev engine has a fatal error. The page shows up briefly, but then this error:

The WEBDEV application server encountered an abnormal internal status.
Internal code of error: CSCA256
D:\source\source.GP\225129\Release_moteurwebdev_202\srcAwp\CommunicationSessionClientAwp.cpp (255)

(21, ERR_INTERNAL)

An internal error has occurred.

Possible causes:
- General protection fault.
- Web server, application server, or application configuration error.
- Rights error (e.g. the user running the application is the wrong one or does not have sufficient rights).
- Error encountered when loading the application.
- In IIS, the guest user specified in for the website "Authentication" is different from the user specified in "Handler mappings".

De pipe is beëindigd. (109)

If I run the project there's no problem, except that I have to login and pick a menu option to run the page.
This is a real nuisance
I reported this to PCSoft Tech Support, but they said it was due to a change in Chrome and it will be fixed in future versions (of course:X)
As I don't intend to enter into the SAAS thing, I wonder if anyone had the same issue and found a worakaound or a hack?

Kind regards,
Piet

WEBDEV APP server ver 2026 10 users license - activation (no replies)

PETER ZHOU — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:22:16 +0100

Hi,

Anybody managed to activate the 10 - user lic for webdev app server ?

I am not sure how to activate them.

Regards,

PETER ZHOU

WX Security Key offer could be a trap. (2 replies)

Al — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:44:18 +0100

Hello All,

I have received some interesting information about the PCSoft Security Key offer.

"PC SOFT will introduce a "Security Key" solution that uses your current dongle and is associated with an annual subscription."

I am not sure if this refers to a current subscription type dongle or the conversion of an existing "use forever" dongle.

I would never trust PCSoft to load any code into my existing "use forever" dongles to convert them from "use forever" to "use while you pay"

The video on the French site mentions converting dongles so still not clear.

For me it is academic as I have no intention of ever going to the subscription model.

Regards
Al

LST digital version only (no replies)

gpredl — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:44:39 +0100

[www.youtube.com]

Maybe, we can translate it?

WD Breaking News (37 replies)

Michael Drechsel — Sun, 03 May 2026 09:27:45 +0200

WD Key

Windev, Webdev versions 24 and AI (2 replies)

AadG — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:20:59 +0100

Hi all,

I tried several AI generators with different results. I decided to stick with versions (24), bexause ithey fill my needs.
Does anyone has experience with this and is the best generator to use with both versions of the PCSoft product.

I know that the versions of Windev 2026 I believe has built in AI, but for me it's not worth the investment considering
the new pricing.

Thanks for any advice.

Besta Regards,

Aad

Any Safe Method to Break PDF Password in 2026? (3 replies)

Brantanson01 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:43:58 +0200

I have an important PDF document that I personally created and protected with a password a long time ago. Unfortunately, I have now forgotten the password, and I no longer have the original backup file. In 2026, is there any safe and legal method to recover or unlock a password-protected PDF without corrupting the file or losing its content? I am only looking for a solution for files that I own and have permission to access.

How Do I Archive MBOX Emails as PDF Files? (2 replies)

Brantanson01 — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:48:18 +0100

I have a large collection of emails saved in MBOX format, and I want to archive them as PDF files for easy access and backup. I am looking for a solution that can preserve the email formatting, attachments, and structure. Can anyone suggest a reliable method or tool to convert MBOX emails to PDF files? Are there any free or safe options available for this?

Webdev 2025 WAS licenses (1 reply)

rewillis — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:57:29 +0100

Any won’t to sell any non-subscription 2025 WAS licenses??? Email me rwillis@me.com