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This article is an overview of GeneXus 16 Upgrade 2 features (compared to GeneXus 16 upgrade 1) and what needs to be taken into account to adopt it.

It has been released on 5th February 2019.

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Overview

This upgrade includes important improvements regarding memory usage in several editors of the IDE and also in the build process.

Here a list of the most important features that are being included

  • Data handling
    • Isolation level property is now at Data store level
    • Read Committed support for SQL Server added
    • Performance improvements on Dynamic Transactions
  • Mobile (Android & iOS )
    • Support for Firebase Analytics
    • Scan Credit cards
  • IDE
    • Memory leaks & usage
    • Do Build of Deployment Units
  • Artificial Intelligence Module
    • Support for Tencent and Amazon Web Services

Not as part of the upgrade, but related and worth to mention, is that the KB of the #GX28 has been published and you can explore, build, and run it with this upgrade. More information at GeneXus Meeting Open Source Project

Compatibility Notes
 

Chatbot Generator

When you open a KB with GeneXus 16 upgrade 2, do the following:

  • As usual, update the Chatbot Module (Knowledge Manager - Manage Module References)
  • Generate all the instances.
  • Rebuild all (you will be asked to update the Chatbot generator resources).
  • Delete the files: <InstanceName>Chatbot.handler.dll, for all the instances of the KB.

All Details (Features, Compatibility aspects, Issues)

Please check these links for further features, compatibility aspects, issues and details of the already mentioned. 

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