GeneXus 18 Upgrade 9

This article is an overview of GeneXus 18 Upgrade 9 features (compared to GeneXus 18 Upgrade 8) and what needs to be considered to adopt it.

It was released on April 23, 2024.

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https://www.genexus.com/en/developers/downloadcenter?data=6266

Overview

This upgrade features important stability and security improvements, along with some new features.

Cloud-native

• Observability (Traces and Metrics) using AWS X-Ray and AWS CloudWatch for a .NET application. HowTo article.
• Manual Instrumentation: Tracing
• Amazon S3 SDK updated, new values for Storage Provider property.

Design

• The new gx-grid-focused-row-class property allows you to apply a style to a focused row while navigating a Tabular Grid using the keyboard.

New methods and functions

Methods for Collections

These new methods introduce enhanced capabilities for managing collections:

• AddRange method: Adds the elements of the specified collection at a given position in the collection to which the method is applied.
• RemoveRange method: Removes a range of items from a collection starting at Index.
• Set: Replaces the element that is in the specified position with the provided element. Returns true if the operation succeeds.

Functions

• Abs function: Returns the absolute value of a number given as a parameter.
• UrlDecode function: Converts special characters encoded in a URL to their original form.

Security & GAM

• GAM version numbering changed internally. More information in SAC #54184.
• GAM backoffice is now in Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese. HowTo: Manage a multi-language application using GAM.

Apple

New Calendar properties were added to explain why an application is requesting access to the iOS device's calendar:

• Calendars Full Access Usage Description property: is used when the app needs to access, modify, and create events in the user's calendar.
• Calendars Write Only Usage Description property: is used when the app only needs permissions to add events to the calendar, without the need to access or modify existing events.

Angular

New functionalities are added in the Tabular Grid control to navigate and make row selections by keyboard, mouse, and touch: Tabular Grid Navigation and Selection.

Accessibility

Accessible Name property is now available for Android generator.

This property allows associating accessible names to UI elements, facilitating the user experience for those relying on assistive technologies.

Testing

New Tests Coverage window to get a percentage of coverage and a list of objects to be tested, ignored, etc.

Compatibility

• Google App Engine does not support deploying applications generated with Java 8; you must use Java 11 or higher. HowTo: Deploy an application to Google App Engine
• Json Collection Serialization property is taken into account in .NET

All Details (Features, More Compatibility Aspects, Issues)

Please check these links for additional features, compatibility aspects, issues, and details:

IDE, Modeling & Generators: https://www.genexus.com/developers/rn?data=0;4;V18;9;V18;8;
Super Apps: https://www.genexus.com/developers/rn?data=0;9;V18;9;V18;8;
SAP: https://www.genexus.com/developers/rn?data=0;8;V18;9;V18;8;
GeneXus Server: https://www.genexus.com/developers/rn?data=0;6;V18;9;V18;8;
GXflow: https://www.genexus.com/developers/rn?data=0;3;V18;9;V18;8;
GXtest: https://www.genexus.com/developers/rn?data=0;7;V18;9;V18;8;