The generateList() method of has been changed to find('list'). You can simplify your conversion by placing the following in /app/app_model.php.

function getlist ($cond=null,$order=null,$limit=null,$key=null,$val=null) {
    return $this->find("list",array(
        'conditions' => $cond, 
        'order' => $order,
        'limit' => $limit,
        'fields' => array(str_replace('{n}.','',$key), str_replace('{n}.','',$val))
    ));
}

1. function getlist ($cond=null,$order=null,$limit=null,$key=null,$val=null) {
2. return $this->find("list",array(
3. 'conditions' => $cond,
4. 'order' => $order,
5. 'limit' => $limit,
6. 'fields' => array(str_replace('{n}.','',$key), str_replace('{n}.','',$val))
7. ));
8. }