GST 5.00 upgrade guide
Review when migrating to GST 5.00.
This is an incremental upgrade guide that covers only topics related to the Genero Studio version specified in the page title. Check prior upgrade guides if you migrate from an earlier version. Make sure to also read about the new features for this version.
Corresponding new features page: GST 5.00 new features.
Previous upgrade guide: GST 4.01 upgrade guide
Changes to FDSpacer
The FDSpacer form widget has been renamed to Spacer. For more information on the Spacer widget, go to HRec - aligning fields.
ANDROID_HOME replaces ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
When building apps with gmabuildtool, the ANDROID_SDK_ROOT environment variable is deprecated.
To define the Android™ SDK installation directory, use the ANDROID_HOME environment variable instead.
To learn more about the ANDROID_HOME environment variable, go to the Environment variables page on the Android Studio Developer site. To learn more about the gmabuildtool, go to the gmabuildtool command reference topic in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.
GGC configuration
GGC configuration is now handled by the Testing Utilities environment set. For more information, go to Configure the GGC.
UNIX® system encoding
UNIX systems must use UTF-8 for encoding since the system resources accessed by Genero Studio use UTF-8 encoding. For more information, go to Install Genero Studio on UNIX platforms.