Configure for GWA

Genero Web Application (GWA) is a Genero application running entirely in the browser.

With a GWA, you do not need a runtime system (fglrun) process on the server side. In fact, no other software runs on the server side except a web server. By default, a GWA is a progressive web app (PWA); meaning once you load it from a web server, it can continue to run offline without any connection to the internet.

A GWA has certain similarities with Genero Mobile for Android™(GMA) and Genero Mobile for iOS (GMI) applications; however, the main difference is that the Genero runtime does not compile into native code. Instead, the runtime system compiles to WebAssembly modules (wasm) for execution on the web at native speed.

Another noticeable difference between GMA/GMI and a GWA is that a GWA emulates a file system in the browser, whereas a GMA/GMI application can use the file systems of Android/IOS®.

For information on packaging for GWA, go to Packaging for GWA

For further information on GWA, go to Genero Web applications in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.

Specify the location of the GWA installation

To specify the location of the GWA:
  1. Select Tools > Genero Configurations.
  2. In the Environment Sets window, select Web Application.
  3. In the Environment Variables window, double click the GWATOOLSDIR variable.
  4. Set the Value to the location of your GWA bin directory.
  5. Click OK.
  6. In the Environment Variables window, double click the Path variable.
  7. Set the Value to the location of your GWA directory.
  8. Click OK.

For further information on GWA, go to Genero Web applications in the Genero Business Development Language User Guide.