• NEW! Access .NET assemblies. The Synergy .NET assembly API enables you to access .NET assemblies in your Synergy applications, giving you new opportunities to leverage the vast resources of Microsoft .NET.
• NEW! Support Microsoft’s latest releases. Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008 are supported by Synergy/DE 9.1.3.
• Develop more productively. The enhanced Synergy/DE 9 compiler will save you significant development effort by finding more bugs while you are developing your applications instead of letting them through for you to discover during testing—or even more costly, after you’ve deployed. Other productivity-enhancing features include Workbench improvements, dynamic arrays, structured exception handling, UI Toolkit parent/child windows, and NEW! more powerful xfNetLink .NET development tools.
• Take advantage of objects. Incorporate OO techniques into existing applications, or create full-blown OO applications that leverage all the benefits of OO programming. These benefits include the ability to develop new programs more quickly and to create programs that are easier to maintain and reuse. (Your developers and future hires will be enthusiastic about having these capabilities in their toolset.)
• Improve the quality of your applications. Just compile your code, and chances are the enhanced Synergy/DE 9 compiler will discover hidden errors that have been jeopardizing the integrity of your Synergy solutions.

Synergy/DE 9 is the next step in your applications’ evolution, enabling you to continue leveraging your valuable software investment.

Select the links below for details about Synergy/DE 9. And please let us know how we can assist you as you move your applications forward.

• Features and Benefits
• Articles
• Platforms
• Requirements
• Downloads (ALM and HelpDesk Support customers)
• Order Today!

Features and Benefits

NEW! The Synergy .NET assembly API enables you to access .NET assemblies in your Synergy applications. These .NET assemblies might include visual components, such as forms, or non-visual components, such as .NET’s XML parser or DataTables.

NEW! More powerful xfNetLink .NET development tools add power to your programming—new capabilities and added flexibility.

NEW! Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008 enables you to support Microsoft’s latest releases.

NEW! GO/DEBUG debugger command instructs the debugger to go to the next statement or routine that is compiled with debug.

NEW! B_INFO UI Toolkit routine provides information about buttons on Windows.

NEW! SlickEdit upgrade for Workbench is included in Synergy/DE 9.1.3.

Redeveloped compiler improves developer productivity and application quality with strong prototyping and enhanced error checking.

Support for Synergy objects enables you to develop new programs more quickly and to create programs that are easier to maintain and reuse.

Improved Workbench increases developer productivity with support for all Synergy Language syntax and an upgrade to SlickEdit v11.

Parent/child relationships between UI Toolkit windows enable you to include ActiveX controls in the tabbing order, among other things.

New Synergy Language infrastructure enables Synergy Language (and thus your Synergy applications) to grow and more easily keep pace with evolving technologies.

Other Synergy/DE enhancements provide additional benefits to developers.

Support for Windows x64 and Windows Vista gives you more options and enables you to meet user requirements for these platforms.

Learn more about these features and benefits.

Articles

The following articles were published in Synergy-e-News. More will follow.

• NEW! Maximizing development environment responsiveness with Synergy/DE 9 and caching
• NEW! New data types give .NET applications added capabilities and help streamline development
• NEW! More capabilities for xfNetLink .NET developers in Synergy/DE 9.1.3
• NEW! Synergy .NET assembly API in Synergy/DE 9.1.3 will give you new opportunities to take advantage of Microsoft .NET
• NEW! More Capabilities for xfNetLink .NET Developers
• A better way to implement dynamic memory
• Take advantage of new Synergy Language features
• Dynamic structures without ^M
• A customer's perspective: Gettting started with Synergy/DE objects
• Exploring OO: What’s the difference between a virtual method and a nonvirtual method?
• Upgrade to Synergy/DE 9 to improve your productivity
• Find out why Synergy/DE 9 is one of our most exciting releases to date!
• Significant debugger enhancements
• Strong prototyping
• Structured exception handling
  

Platforms

Synergy/DE 9 is supported on the platforms listed below. The version numbers specified are the minimum versions on which Synergy/DE 9 is supported. For additional platform details, see our Synergy/DE Platforms chart.

Windows

• Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 (32-bit)
• Windows x64 (2003/Vista/2008)

  NEW! Version 9.1.3 is the initial Synergy/DE release on Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit).

Unix

• SCO OpenServer (5.0.6; also, SCO UnixWare 7.1.1)
• AIX 32-bit (5.2)
• AIX 64-bit (5.2)
• HP-UX 32-bit (11i)
• HP-UX 64-bit (PA-RISC) (11i)
• HP-UX Itanium (11i version 2 (11.23))
• Solaris 32-bit (9)
• Solaris 64-bit (SPARC) (9)
• Solaris 64-bit (x64/x86) (10)
• Tru64 UNIX (5.1)
• Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, SUSE LINUX 9.0)
• Linux 64-bit Extended (EM64T) (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS Update 1 for AMD64/EM64T
• SCO Unixware (7.1.1; also, SCO OpenServer 5.0.6)

OpenVMS

• OpenVMS Alpha (7.2)
• OpenVMS I64 (Integrity server) (8.3). Before you upgrade to Synergy/DE 9.1.3 on OpenVMS I64 (Integrity server), you must install HP's ICXXL patch, which includes a required C++ runtime fix. See the 9.1.3 Installation Configuration Guide (pdf) for instructions on obtaining HP patches.

Requirements and Other Information

See the Synergy/DE 9.1.3 Requirements page for information about obtaining new keys, runtime compatibility, and minimum versions for third-party products that we interface with or support.

For more details about changes to be aware of when updating to Synergy/DE 9, see the Quick Migration Guide.

Downloads

If you have Annual License Maintenance (ALM) and HelpDesk Support, you can download Synergy/DE 9.1.3 from our Web site.

Order Today

Contact your Synergy/DE account manager to place your order for Synergy/DE 9.1.3.