Windows 8 & Android Development

My first impression with Windows 8

By: Gustavo Carriquiry

I installed a “machine” with Windows 8 and then I started playing  around with it. Aside from being able to accomplish what I wanted (to install GX, and execute an application like I would  in my Windows 7, etc). I cannot tell you exactly what thrilled me about this activity, but I found it be a fun experience

Within that enjoyable experience, I did find a not so enjoyable issue with the installation of the Andriod’s SDK. I did not find a reasonable explanation to this issue, but I will explain what I did find, in case that helps.

The problem that I had when  installing  the SDK (note: this issue may also happen with windows 7  64bites) was that the SDK’s  installer did not detect that Java was installed:

I did however have it. In fact, Java.exe existed where I was trying to look for it. I though the issue had to do with the  “casing” therefore I tried many tips with JAVA _Home, path, by pressing on previous/next, etc with no result.

Finally, I renamed java.exe as java2.exe and it worked. That’s how I was able to successfully install the SDK without any problems. Everything seems to work now. I hope that this explanation is useful to GeneXus users.

In fact, if I tried once again to name it java.exe but SDK manager doesn’t respond, an error message pops out.

This is just an issue that comes with the job and It did not prevent me from having a overall enjoyable experience with W8. Which, I found to be very good.

Next step: to try the GeneXus Tilo generator for Windows 8

http://www.linkedin.com/in/guscarr

G2Wconvert: a utility to convert GeneXus green screen applications to Web

Around June of this year, we start working, with our friends at Careworks, on the idea of building a utility to automate the conversion of their GeneXus Green Screen Application to the Web. After a few months of R&D, we ended up with a list of what we called "Conversion Issues"; on November 2th we had the opportunity to show a first demo of the utility during our User Event in Chicago, which included only one of the Conversion Issues, the Screen Conversion, which identify the different elements of a Green Screen Form and converted them into an equivalent HTML Form.

Just last week, we demo the current state of the utility, which includes many more conversion issues, so I will like to take this opportunitity to share it with all of you:

We are working now on completing the testing of all the conversion issues on this sample KB, to then move the testing to Careworks' KB on which we will be running the conversion against 3700 objects, our goal is to be able to convert their KB by the end of January 2010.

Stayed tune!!!