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Developing applications with WINDEV
Training Program
Developing applications with WINDEV
RS7303 / certification authority: PC Soft Informatique
Date of registration: September 24, 2025
Link to the France Compétences fact sheet:
https://www.francecompetences.fr/recherche/rs/7303/
PCSoft designs and markets WINDEV, a DevOps development environment distributed in 146 countries. The goal of the development environment is to allow its users to develop faster, by removing all the unnecessary aspects of development and by making new technologies immediately accessible to everyone.
Prerequisites (Who is this training course intended for?)
Target audience: developers and computer science students who want to acquire the skills needed to use WINDEV in their daily work, allowing them, among other things, to save time and optimize their code production.
Prerequisite: there are no prerequisites in terms of academic level; however, candidates must master the following concepts:
- Analysis (Merise or UML) and databases
- Program event management (algorithms)
- Error and exception handling
- Variables, operators and expressions
- Knowledge of development with one or more programming languages (C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, Access, VB .NET, etc.)
Practical information
Professional Certification
- "Developing applications with WINDEV" certification registered in the France Compétences Specific Directory under code RS7303 (registered on September 24, 2025).
- Issued by PC Soft Informatique.
- Eligible for the CPF (Personal Training Account).
- Analyze a relational data model
- Identify WLangage statements
- Interpret segments of WLangage code
- Select control types and software structures
- Associate structured file formats
- Identify code analysis and control tools
The assessment takes the form of a digital questionnaire completed remotely and asynchronously. In a test made up of 2 parts, the candidate is assessed on the skills acquired during the training:
- An MCQ part focused on fundamental technical know-how: the candidate is tested on their understanding of the development logic specific to the WINDEV environment (MCQ questions and/or short answers).
- A part based on contextualized application scenarios: the candidate is tested on their ability to make technical choices in a realistic business development context (mini case studies, code excerpts, simplified environments or application trees to analyze).
The jury is made up of two professional WINDEV expert developers, external to the training organization and to PCSoft.
The certification performance metrics will be published shortly.
Detailed Program
The instructor uses the course materials, which are tailored to the training objectives (the materials are provided at the beginning of the course). This course support material is divided into subjects.
All of these methods and exercises will help you put into practice what you have learned, when you return to your company.
Each subject is based on 3 axes:
The trainer gives a theoretical presentation of the topic, followed by any questions and answers.
Practical application exercise (individual work) to be completed within a set time limit. The trainer remains available to help and provide additional explanations.
Correction of the exercise, with all necessary explanations and any questions and answers. The trainer makes sure that each trainee has fully understood the exercise before continuing.
WINDEV Fundamentals 1 Module 1 · 2 days (14 hours)
- Become familiar with the development environment (topics 1, 2, 3, 5)
- Master the basic concepts and the main editors (topics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
- Design and test your application (topics 2, 3, 4)
- Define your database (topic 2)
- Use the standard WLangage functions (topic 4)
- Create ergonomic windows that follow Windows standards (topic 3)
- Create reports (reporting) (topic 5)
- Managing the lifecycle of your developments
- Mastering the basic concepts and the main editors
- Using L5G
- The data model editor
- The HFSQL database: description of data files and links (referential integrity)
- Using a third-party database
- Importing and converting an external database
- Simple queries
- Using H*() functions to handle HFSQL databases
- Implementing GDPR
- The window editor
- The style guide
- RAD (automatic application generation)
- The project, windows: ergonomics, system menu, title bar, styles
- Drop-down menus
- Table controls and file-based looper controls
- Creating a window template
- The code editor
- Declaring variables
- WLangage: operators and basic functions
- Self-populating combo boxes
- Basic debugger concepts
- Object properties
- Procedures and functions (with or without parameters)
- Reactive procedures
- Tools: WDMAP, the HFSQL Control Center, ...
- The report editor
- The different creation modes: labels, form, table ...
- The different types of report blocks
- Print settings (PDF, HTML,..., paper format, margins, printer drivers,...)
- Calling a report from the UI & UX
- Implementing the user groupware
- Creating the executable
- Creating the setup procedure
- Deploying on the client computer
- The summary documentation
- The full documentation
- The code documentation
- The generic vocabulary
WINDEV Fundamentals 2 Module 2 · 3 days (21 hours)
- Master new advanced controls (topic 2)
- Use new WLangage functions (topics 3, 4)
- Manage database access conflicts (topic 1)
- Use text, ini and xml files (topic 3)
- Use triggers programmatically (topic 1)
- Create and use queries (topic 1)
- Share resources (topic 5)
- Parameterized queries
- Managing concurrent access and locks
- Implementing GDPR
- Programming the Table control
- The Progress Bar control
- Rules for multilingual integration
- INI files
- List Box and Combo Box controls
- The Image control
- The List View control
- Programming the Looper control
- The TreeView control
- The Chart control (Histogram, Pie, ...)
- The Splitter control
- The Toolbox control
- Anchoring
- The Guided Tour
- The Dockable Pane control
- The Layout control
- Managing planes
- The Image Editor control
- The Token control
- Automatic procedures
- Managing emails (POP, SMTP, Outlook)
- Creating an FTP client
- Object properties
- Creating a text file
- Integrating simple XML and JSON files
- Creating and integrating an external component
- The vault
- Bar codes
- Passing parameters from the UI & UX
- Deployment in Live Update mode
WINDEV Advanced 3 Module 3 · 2 days (14 hours)
- Improve UI & UX (topic 1)
- Master new advanced controls (topic 1)
- Use new WLangage functions (topics 1, 2)
- Use dynamic compilation (topic 2)
- Perform advanced debugging (topic 2)
- Programming the Scheduler control
- The Ribbon control
- The Treemap control
- The Spreadsheet control
- The Word Processing control
- The Map control
- Programming the TreeView Table control
- Control templates
- Programming the Table control: advanced features
- Managing Markdown
- The Code Editor control
- Static audit
- Dynamic audit
- Debugging dump
- Dynamic compilation
- Custom-folders (MCU)
- Exception handling
- OCR
- Zombie (managing obsolete procedures, items and variables)
WINDEV Advanced 4 Module 4 · 3 days (21 hours)
- Improve UI & UX (topics 1, 2)
- Create multi-window applications (topic 1)
- Master new advanced controls (topic 1)
- Manage continuous integration (topic 2)
- Create interfaces dynamically (topics 1, 2)
- Create Windows services (topic 2)
- Multi-window concepts
- "Free" multi-window mode
- MDI multi-window mode
- The Dockable Pane control
- The Dynamic Tab control (MDI tabs)
- Managing independent HFSQL contexts
- The Internal Window control and internal windows
- The Pivot Table (ROLAP pivot table)
- The Dashboard control
- The multi-level Pie chart
- Customizing HFSQL errors
- Remote debugging
- Enabling logs
- User scenarios and automated tests
- The software factory
- Event management
- Indirections
- Dynamic queries
- Cloned controls
- Dynamically created controls
- The performance profiler
- Programmed drag & drop
- Executable with parameters
- Creating a Windows service
Teaching, technical and supervisory resources
On the first day of your training, you are welcomed by the training center manager and/or the trainer (9:15 a.m. on the first day and 9:00 a.m. on the following days).
Once settled in the training room, you receive all the supplies needed for the training:
- a USB key to save your exercises
- a notepad
- a pen
- a PCSoft-branded briefcase to hold everything
For the duration of the training, a suitable computer is provided (one per trainee), along with the software license.
Not to mention lunch and coffee breaks, which are also included.
The trainer introduces himself, then invites each participant to introduce themselves. The training session can then begin.
Learn more about the in-person formatDuring the training, you will be in constant contact with the trainer via the GoTo Meeting (©) software, which allows you to share your screen and the trainer's screen. You will connect to the workstations using RustDesk (©); the trainer will provide you with the login information on the first day of the training.
You can also interact with the other participants to foster a friendly atmosphere during the training and promote productive technical discussions.
The course materials (PDF format) are sent to you with the joining instructions before the training begins.
Learn more about the online formatArrangements
- Price
- The price includes the course materials. The price is guaranteed for the stated period.
- Financing
- skills development plan, OPCO, direct funding, CPF.
- Cancellation or postponement
- Requests must be made in writing. Free of charge up to 3 weeks before the start of the session. After that, 50% of the price remains due, and 100% within the 7 days before the session. Full terms:Special Terms for Services
- Equipment
- In-person, each trainee is provided with a workstation tailored to the subject matter of this training.
- Schedules
- From 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (for a total of 7 hours per day).
- General conditions
- PCSoft's general terms and conditions and specific training terms and conditions apply.General Terms and ConditionsSpecial Terms and Conditions of Service
- Rules and Regulations
- Please review the rules and regulations for trainees at the PCSoft training center.Rules and RegulationsProcedure for the Prevention and Handling of Violence, Harassment, and Discrimination
In-person training in Paris and the Île-de-France region, or online training? Which one should I choose?
In-person training in Paris and the Île-de-France region provides an opportunity for trainees to interact with one another. Everyone contributes to the discussion, and the conversation, both technical and non-technical, continues during breaks and lunch.
When it comes to difficult concepts, the instructor can easily focus on them. It also makes it easier to "gauge" expectations.
Human interaction allows us to identify behaviors, postures, and attitudes and to better interpret them. There are smiles and frowns.
They are visible when the instructor is in the room.
The trainer's varied approach sets the pace for the day: explanations, exercises, corrections, humorous remarks, and so on.
(Find out how an in-person training session takes place)
In terms of timing: for example, with a 5-full-day (35-hour) WINDEV "Fundamentals 1+2" training course, you'll have everything you need to be up and running with WINDEV!
You'll leave the training center with a USB drive to save your exercises, a notepad, a pen, and a PCSoft-branded case to store everything.
Distance learning is ideally suited to the current needs of businesses.
In fact, distance learning offers many advantages: no travel (plane, train, car, subway...), no traffic jams, no parking, no lodging costs, etc., meaning no hassle or travel expenses to the Île-de-France region (considerable savings in both time and money).
You can enjoy the comfort of your home or office on "your computer," in "your" environment!
The number of participants is limited to 6 (9 for in-person sessions) in order to encourage interaction and participation from everyone.
This way, you can maintain a personal connection even from a distance: you can share your screen with the instructor and ask questions whenever you want, thanks to state-of-the-art collaboration and communication tools.
You can even interact with other participants to make the training sessions even more dynamic and enriching.
PCSoft has invested in new methods of distance and digital learning.
Since 2021, PCSoft has been developing fully digital training programs.
We have therefore revamped our in-person training courses so that we can also offer them remotely, still live.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to your most common questions: skills development plan, funding, registration, practical details, list of hotels, and more.
View the FAQYou can also contact the training department: formation@pcsoft.fr · +33 (0)4 67 032 032
Prices and VAT
It all depends on where you live:
- Mainland France: The training is subject to French VAT (20% as of 01/01/2014).
- Overseas Departments (DOM): The VAT rate (known as "octroi de mer") varies by DOM (Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Réunion: 8.5%; French Guiana: VAT-exempt).
- COM and POM: excluding tax.
- EEC: Invoicing excluding tax (provide the European VAT number).
- Other countries (outside the EEC): excluding tax.
Accessibility
PCSoft is particularly committed to including people with disabilities in its training programs.
Access Lead Times
Registration is open until 10 days before the start of the session, subject to availability.
PCSoft is Qualiopi-certified for its training programs; certified process No. 2021/92442.2 (AFNOR Certification).Learn more
