Release Notes for version 2.5

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1 for version 2.5 GO!AppZone GO!App Rendering Engine GO!AppZone Test GO!AppZone Build October 2014 GLOBO Plc.

2 2 Contents New Features... 3 API... 3 Components... 3 IDE... 3 ShowTime... 3 Build service... 4 Changed... 4 API... 4 Components... 4 IDE... 4 Bug Fixes... 5 Known Issues... 5 API... 5 Components... 5 IDE... 6 ShowTime... 6 Other... 6 Documentation... 6

3 3 New Features API (none) Components For the Label component a new type of format, Number, was added to simplify formatting. IDE Developers can now choose to build a new type of GO!Apps called stand-alone. These apps do not require a GO!Enterprise Server to get updated or integrate with 3 rd -party systems. They can be deployed only in the form of native apps which is possible with our new cloud compilation service: GO!AppZone Build. Under the Project menu, there is a new option called Build. Clicking this menu option fires a wizard which walks you through the process of preparing your GO!App to be compiled in the cloud as a native app. Build supports both traditional GO!Apps ( server-dependent ) and the new stand-alone GO!Apps. Under the Tools menu there is a new menu option called GO!AppZone Dashboard. It opens a dashboard that contains much of the basic information which you can find in the GO!AppZone Test and GO!AppZone Build web consoles. The Application settings view has been populated with 4 new tabs: o Build Settings: Includes various configuration settings for your cloud-based compilations. It is worth noting that enabling or disabling encryption is also an option which can have a major impact on the performance of the final native app. o Certificates: Enables storage of the certificates you will use for your cloudbased builds, within the project. o Build Resources: It is used to include all necessary logos and splash screens for your cloud-based build. o Theme Settings: It is used to define the appearance of various legacy UI components of our mobile app container (e.g. the app update page). Legacy UI will be gradually disappearing in the next versions, as we will be replacing it with API methods providing developers the means to define their UI end-to-end. Connection strings can now be edited for both local and published values. ShowTime Updated to support execution of stand-alone GO!Apps.

4 4 Incorporates a new pending items/uploads queue which can support both serverdependent and stand-alone apps. Build service GO!AppZone Build is a new service which is fully integrated with GO!AppZone Studio and enables cloud-based compilation of GO!Apps into native apps. It currently supports the following target platforms: o ios (7.0 or later) for all distribution methods (ad-hoc, enterprise, app store) o Android (4.0 or later) o Windows Phone 8.x o Windows Store 8.x (ARM, x86, x64) The service is currently free with a daily limitation of 12 builds, irrespective of the target platform. Includes a web-based console, accessible from the My GO!AppZone menu. Changed API The GO!API has been internally updated to support for stand-alone GO!Apps. There is backward compatibility with v.2.4. For stand-alone apps executequery and executenonquery work only in online mode. For stand-alone apps it is not possible to directly access databases. The pending items & pending uploads queues have been updated to support standalone apps. Components The Autofocus attribute does not work well with ios 8 devices and has been disabled for the DateTimePicker and the Combobox component. IDE In Application properties the following options were removed because they have no use or impact on v.2 GO!Apps: o Requires License o Show On Application Menu In Application properties the following option was removed because it was poorly implemented and will re-appear in a later version after getting it properly redesigned: o Requires External Connections Any menu options that included the word Debug, they now use the word Test.

5 5 PRJ files are now generated with visually prettified /formatted XML to help version control systems properly identify changes. Bug Fixes Decimal points are not handled correctly on mobile devices which use a comma instead of a dot. Android, Windows clients: Bound date in Mixed and Push methods is not displayed correctly. Various ios 8 specific incompatibilities. go.selectfile opens remote folders when type is local (Android only). New local table will allow blank fields. GO!AppZone Studio throws an error when consuming methods that have arrays of complex objects as input. go.openwebpage: client is crashed when url is empty (Android only). In GO!AppZone Studio: Help->Check for Updates doesn't function. Showtime - Password with special characters Login Failure (ios only). go.backpage with a pagename parameter does not work in all simulators. Known Issues API The file management API has not been fully adapted for stand-alone GO!Apps. If an app needs extensive file management features, it is strongly suggested to implement it as a server-dependent GO!App. If Local Table has a primary key defined by more than one column, no validation is performed when inserting a record with null values in the columns that make the primary key. Components The OnSelect() event of the Lookup component is triggered more than once after a user selection, if the user tries to select a value for a second, third, etc. time. The GO!AppZone Studio compiler throws an error when a FileSelect component is used with stand-alone apps.

6 6 IDE Avast antivirus produces a false alert during installation of file CitronGO.Text.Utilities.dll. ShowTime In the Settings menu the view of pending items and pending uploads is still bound to the old queue. Hence any pending items cannot be viewed from the Settings menu. This will be fixed in the next minor version of the GO!AppZone ShowTime companion app. Other Documentation Components Reference has been updated to reflect which properties and which components are not available for stand-alone GO!Apps. API Reference has been fully updated for v.2.5. New examples have been added and layout has been standardized to a big extend. Developer s Guide has been updated with a new Building Native Apps section and a new Deploying Server-dependent Native Apps section. Both can be found in the chapter Testing Building Deploying. A new Cloud Services Guide has been published on to explain the use of GO!AppZone Test and GO!AppZone Build consoles.