A summary of new features and changes in functionality added for Genero Application
Server (GAS) version 3.00 Maintenance Releases (MRs).
Table 1. Genero Web Client for JavaScript (GWC-JS), Version 3.00 (MRs)
| Overview |
Reference |
Enhancements for the GWC-JS (v1.00.31):
- Native mobile browsers are supported on iOS (Mobile Safari) and Android™ (Mobile Chrome).
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No additional reference. |
Enhancements for the GWC-JS (v1.00.29):
- Support for Mozilla®
Firefox® added.
- The browserMultiPage style can be used to specify whether the
RUN and RUN WITHOUT WAITING instructions will be executed in the
same browser tab or in a new browser tab.
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For details about Mozilla®
Firefox®, see User agents. For details about
the browserMultiPage style, see the UserInterface style attributes
topic in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
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Enhancements for the GWC-JS (v1.00.28):
- Debug mode activation is simplified.
- The allowWebSelection presentation style enables content selection from a table
with a simple click-and-drag of the cursor.
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For details about activating the debug mode, see GWC-JS application in debug mode. For details about the
allowWebSelection presentation style, see Table Style Attributes in
the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
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Enhancements for the GWC-JS (v1.00.21):
- The grunt command supports the creation of multiple customizations in the
distribution folder.
|
See Compiling customization projects. |
Enhancements for the GWC-JS (v1.00.19):
- Richtext is supported.
- Referencing a resource (such as an image) has been simplified. Use a path relative to
index.html.
- Support for applications using right-to-left languages, such as Arabic, is added.
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See Features and limitations, Customization deliverable, and Configure GWC-JS for right-to-left languages. |
Enhancements for the GWC-JS (v1.00.16):
- Canvas elements are supported.
- Front calls setvar and getvar are supported for session
variable management. See the Genero Business Development Language User Guide for more
details about their usage.
|
See Features and limitations. |
Enhancements for the GWC-JS (v1.00.16):
- The GWC-JS has a log player feature, which allows you to play back a session log in the
browser.
|
See Replay a log with Log Player |
Table 2. Engine and Architecture, Version 3.00 (MRs)
| Overview |
Reference |
| The GWC_JS_LOOKUP_PATH element (added as a child of
INTERFACE_TO_CONNECTOR) allows you to configure the
location of your custom GWC-JS front-end. |
See GWC_JS_LOOKUP_PATH |
| A new URI dedicated to the lookup of the GWC-JS directory. The complete format
of the URI is ua/w/$(GWC-JS)/<filename>. |
See Application URIs |
Enhancements for the GAS (v3.00.21):
- A method to add custom HTTP headers for HTTP responses is provided.
- The SESSION_COOKIE element can be set so that cookies are created with the
"secure" flag.
|
See HTTP, SESSION_COOKIE |
Enhancements for the GAS (v3.00.43):
- An user agent output feature called UA_OUTPUT_COMPONENT can be defined in the
component for web applications. If set, an application will inherit the specified UA settings.
|
See UA_OUTPUT_COMPONENT |
Enhancements for the GAS (v3.00.44):
- In the HTTP_COOKIE element, the SameSite
attribute can be set to determine whether the cookie is restricted to a same-site context.
|
See HTTP_COOKIE |
| In an enhancement for GAS v3.00.46, dispatchers create a pid file. You can set the
httpdispatch and fastcgidispatch dispatchers to write their
process-ids to a file on disk with the --pid-file option of the command. |
See
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Table 3. Deployment, Version 3.00 (MRs)
| Overview |
Reference |
| The WEB_COMPONENT_DIRECTORY element allows for multiple paths
to be specified. |
See WEB_COMPONENT_DIRECTORY |
Note: The new features listed in this topic are available in the latest version of the GAS. Contact
your support channel for more details.