Configure for GWA

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

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

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

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

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.