GeneXus Tilo Beta 2

New Software Requirements

In order to build iOS apps, XCode 5 is required.

Main Features

• Smart Devices
  • Generation of Automatic Synchronization programs and mechanisms for Smart Devices offline Applications (iOS & Android)
    • Automatic Offline Data Synchronization
    • Offline Native Mobile Applications
  • iOS 7 Support
    • iOS 7 Overview, iOS 7 New features
    • iOS 7
  • GAM support for Offline Native Mobile applications. See Offline Native Mobile applications using GAM.
  • Transformations
• Web
  • Overhauled Web Applications UX and UI
    GeneXus X Evolution 3 Overhauled Web Applications UX and UI
  • Group by Date & Date Time in Query Viewer
• IDE
  • New  Module object diagrams
  • Theme classes cross reference
  • Theme editor improvements: search classes, rename classes, copy & paste class properties.
  • Image object supports images per density (ldpi,mdpi,hdpi,xhdpi,xxhdpi) (for Android and iOS)
  • Run Without Building

Other Key Features

• Android & iOS
• • Schedule Control
  • Clipboard access
  • Interop.CanOpen method Interop.Open method
  • Load Event for grids based on SDTs
  • Default Layout Orientation property
• Android
  • Default Selected Item Layout property
• Smart Devices:
  • Assignments aren't requiered to be in a composite block when only one action is performed.
• .NET: End user customizable reports. SAC 34903.
• IDE
  • SDTs are only generated when specifier determinates that they are required
• GAM
  Connection user name is encrypted in connection.gam file for security reasons.
• Using Web User Experience property = Smooth, user controls "show" method is executed only when any property of the user control (or a variable associated to a property of the UC) is changed in a server event.
• Plus: All GeneXus X Evolution 2 Upgrade 4 features!

Installation considerations

• Knowledge bases opened with this version can't be opened with previous versions.
• GXflow can only be beta tested in new environments since no conversion of X Evolution 2 to Tilo is provided yet.

Compatibility

• Attribute's Description Property is not taken into account in code generation and Attribute's Title Property is used instead. This affects all standard GXSPC_OutOfRange and GXM_DoesNotMatchRegExp messages.