The following is a list of the guaranteed and necessary requirements to run GeneXus 16.
GeneXus IDE needs administrator rights to function properly. So the user running GeneXus has to have administrator rights.
| Hardware Requirements |
* Processor: minimum of 1 GHz (multi-core recommended)
* Memory: minimum of 4 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended; 16 GB recommended to generate Android applications)
* Hard disk: minimum of 1.2 GB of disk space for the installation. To generate applications you will need additional space or a shared disk unit to create the knowledge bases, and generate the code |
| Software Requirements |
* Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1, 4.7.2 or 4.8 (Check its requirements here(1))
* Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or higher (Express, Standard or any other Edition)
* Microsoft Internet Explorer. Minimum Version: 6.0 SP1 (11 or higher recommended)(2)
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(1) For Live Editing, Windows 8.1 or higher is required.
(2) Internet Explorer base libraries are used for web (HTML) editor. See below "Supported Internet Browsers" for application runtime requirements.
| Generator |
Requirements |
| .NET |
* ADO .NET provider associated with the selected DBMS |
| .NET Core |
* ADO .NET provider associated with the selected DBMS
* .NET Core SDK 2.1 |
| Java (1) |
* Oracle JDK or Open JDK 1.8 or higher
* Servlet API implementation file for Web environments (for example servlet-api.jar file) |
| Smart Devices (2) |
* Apple Requirements
* Android Requirements |
(1) - Apache Tomcat (7.0.67 or higher) is the only servlets server supported for prototyping locally.
(2) - Knowledge base Navigator does not support prototyping Offline Apps. Take a look at Offline Native Mobile Applications Requirements.
(1) - Framework 4.6.1 when using GAM SAML Authentication with .Net generated applications. For more information see SAC 45284
(2) - Internet Information Server 8 when using Server.Socket external object make sure to install the windows feature 'WebSocket Protocol' module in the IIS 8 section.
- Internet Information Server 7 or higher when using Azure.
(3) - When using Apache Tomcat, use version 7.0.67 or higher.
(4) - Redistributable JDBC Drivers are included in GeneXus Setup and copied in build time under <Knowledge base Environment Directory>\<Drivers> and referenced in Classpath property.ct
(5) - The .NET Core Windows Server Hosting Bundle is for running the application on IIS. More information at .NET Generator Requirements.
- To enable the 'WebSocket Protocol' module in Windows follow these steps: "Turn Windows features on or off" -> Internet Information Services ->World Wide Web Services -> Application Development Features -> WebSocket Protocol. It requires restarting the machine
- To verify that .NET Framework 4.6 is installed, go to "Turn Windows features on or off" and check .Net framework 4.6 Advanced Services
When generating application that use databases, the supported DBMS's are the following:
(1) - Using GeneXus Access Manager or GXflow the supported version for Mysql is 5.0.3 or higher.
(2) - Using GXflow the supported version is Oracle 9 or higher.
(3) - Using GXflow the supported version is SQL Server is 2012 or higher. Using GeneXus Access Manager the supported version is 2005 or higher.
(4) - SQLite is part of Android and iOS Operating Systems and its version is defined by Android and iOS Requirements
See Also Cloud Database for more options.
| Browser |
Minimum Version with Restrictions(1) |
Minimum Version (2) |
Recommended Version (3) |
| Internet Explorer (4) |
8.0 |
10.0 |
11 or higher |
| Mozilla Firefox |
3.0 |
10.0 |
Latest available |
| Google Chrome |
6.0 |
17.0 |
Latest available |
| Safari |
5.0 |
6.0 |
Latest available |
| Microsoft Edge |
20.0 |
20.0 |
Latest available |
(1) - Not all features can be used with this versions. See (2) for more information.
(2) - If Server.Socket external object, ProgressIndicator external object, Responsive Web Design (RWD) features are used this are the minimum supported versions.
(3) - In all cases, the latest available browser version is recommended, primarily because of improvements related to performance and security.
(4) - This browser does not support Flex Layout Container and Dashboard object.