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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 (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)

(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.

Generation requirements:

Generator Requirements
.NET * ADO .NET provider associated with the selected DBMS
Java (1) * Oracle JDK or Open JDK 1.6 or higher (3)
* Servlet API implementation file for Web environments (for example servlet-api.jar file)
* Check GeneXus 15 Java Generator for more information
Smart Devices (2) * Apple Requirements
Android Requirements

(1) - Tomcat 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.
(3) - JDK 1.7  if GeneXus Access Manager (GAM), Server.Socket external object or REST services are used. (When using Apache Tomcat, use version 7.0.67 or higher)
JDK 1.8 if External Storage for Multimedia, OData or Geography data type features are used.

Execution requirements:

Generator Requirements
.NET * Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6(1) or higher
* IIS 6.0 or higher (2)
* ADO .NET provider associated with the selected DBMS
URL Rewrite for REST Services and GeneXus Access Manager (GAM) 
* Check GeneXus 15 .NET Generator for more information
Java

* Oracle JRE or Open JRE 1.6 or higher (3)
* J2EE Server or Servlet Server (from GeneXus 16 Upgrade 4 you can only use Server Applications that support Servlet 3.0)
* DBMS JDBC Driver (4)
* Check GeneXus 15 Java Generator for more information

Smart Devices * Apple Requirements
* Android 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) - JRE 1.7  if GeneXus Access Manager (GAM), Server.Socket external object or REST services are used. (When using Apache Tomcat, use version 7.0.67 or higher)
JRE 1.8 if External Storage for Multimedia, OData or Geography data type features are used.
(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.

Notes

  • To enable the 'WebSocket Protocol' module on 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.

Supported DBMSes

When generating applications that use databases, the supported DBMS's are the following:

Generator DBMS DBMS Version
.NET and Java * DB2 Universal Database 
* DB2 UDB for iSeries(1)
* Informix
* MySQL(2)
* Oracle(3)
* PostgreSQL
* SQL Server(4)
* SAP Hana DB
* 7.1 or higher
* V5R1 or higher
* 7.31 or higher
* 4.x or higher
* 8.1.5 or higher
7.x or higher
* 2000 or higher
Android and iOS * SQLite(5)  


(1) - Query object Preview and Dashboard object Editor, require authorization to access the iSeries provided by .dll file included in Client Access IBM installation.
(2) - Using GAM or GXflow the supported version for Mysql is 5.0.3 or higher.
(3) - Using GXflow the supported version is Oracle 9 or higher.
(4) - Using GXflow the supported version is SQL Server is 2012 or higher. Using GAM the supported version is 2005 or higher.
(5) - 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.

Supported Internet Browsers:

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 these 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.

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