| Synergy/DE 9.1
Requirements and Other Important Information
Select one of the following topics to link to the corresponding
information below.
New Product Configuration Keys and
New SlickEdit Key
Synergy/DE 9 requires new product configuration keys and, for Professional
Series Workbench, a new SlickEdit key. To obtain keys for
a license that includes Workbench, e-mail your registration
information to v9UpgradeKeys@synergex.com.
To get your registration information,
-- On Windows, using the Synergy Configuration program,
1. From the Licensing tab, click the Print Registration Information
button.
2. Complete the fields and click the Print button.
3. Save it to a file, and send us that file.
-- On Unix, send the “register.lm” file located in the
synergyde/lm directory.
(See the Installation Configuration Guide for additional information
about obtaining this registration information.)
To obtain keys for a license that does not include Workbench, you can
send your registration information as instructed above, or you can use
our Online Services. If your
licenses are
on
Annual
License Maintenance (ALM), simply contact our Customer
Service team to get set up. If you do not have ALM, please contact
your Synergy/DE
account manager to order your upgrade.
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Installation Requirements
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(Windows) The installation can upgrade Synergy/DE version
7.3.1 or higher versions. |
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(Windows) The installations now enforce operating system
minimums. The following Service Pack levels are enforced:
Windows 2000 SP 4
Windows XP SP 2
Windows 2003 SP 1
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Runtime Compatibility (Compilation
Requirements)
We recommend that you rebuild your Synergy applications
with version 9.1 to benefit from all the new features and fixes. If
you choose not to rebuild, your application should still work fine with
the 9.1 runtime,
with the following exceptions:
Server Compatibilities
We recommend that you update all Synergy/DE products
to version 9.1. If you choose to update your server(s) only, refer to
this chart for the minimum client versions supported with Synergy/DE
9.1 servers:
(Note: For all Synergy/DE client/server products,
your server version must be equal to or higher than your client version.)
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The following Synergy/DE
9.1 servers... |
…will support these
Synergy/DE client versions |
Notes... |
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xfServer |
Synergy/DE 6.1+ |
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xfServerPlus |
xfNetLink 7.1+ |
With xfNetLink Java and xfNetLink
COM 7.1 clients, there is no structure support, and you will be
limited to passing only 20 parameters. |
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SQL OpenNet |
xfODBC or SQL Connection 9.1 |
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License Manager Server |
(Windows) ... Synergy/DE 6.3+ |
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(UNIX) ... Synergy/DE 9.1 license files and Synergy/DE 9.1
clients |
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RDBMS Support (with SQL Connection)
SQL Connection 9.1 supports the following databases:
In addition, fee-based support from our Professional Services Group is
available for the following databases:
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Third-Party Products
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For these third-party
products that Synergy/DE interfaces or integrates with… |
Synergy/DE 9.1 will support
these versions… |
Notes |
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Acrobat Reader |
7, 8 |
For viewing the Online
Manuals. For best results, use the most recent version of Reader
available for your platform. We will distribute version 7 on the
Online Manuals CD.
This is a new minimum version. |
Crystal Reports |
9, 10, 11 |
For use with xfODBC.
This is a new minimum version.
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Delphi |
4 or higher |
ActiveX controls created with Delphi must use
Delphi version 4 or higher. |
HTTP |
1.0 |
For use with HTTP Document Transport API. |
IIS |
5,6,7 |
For use with xfNetLink COM and xfNetLink .NET. |
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InstallShield for Windows Installer |
12 or higher |
This is a new minimum version. |
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Internet Explorer |
6.n, 7.n |
For accessing Synergy
logic from xfNetLink (.NET,
Java, COM).
This is a new minimum version. |
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) |
1.3 |
For Java class wrappers.
xfNetLink Java requires a JVM that is compatible with Sun Microsystems’ JDK
version 1.3 or above.
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JavaServer Pages |
1.1 |
For Java class wrappers |
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MDAC |
2.7 SP1, 2.8 |
For use with xfODBC.
2.7 SP1 is the minimum
version supported. If customer has a version prior to this, we
install 2.8.
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Microsoft .NET Framework |
1.1, 2.0 |
If you are using Framework 2.0,
you must use Synergy/DE 8.3 (or higher).
64-bit Synergy/DE requires 2.0 or higher. |
Microsoft Jet 4 |
SP8 |
For use with xfODBC |
OpenSSL |
0.9.7, 0.9.8 |
Used by HTTP API.
0.9.8e required on Windows Vista. |
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Oracle |
9.x, 10.x |
For use with SQL Connection.
This
is a new minimum version. |
Servlets |
2.2 |
For Java class wrappers. |
SlickEdit |
11 |
For use with Professional Series Workbench.
This is a new minimum version. |
Spread® Grid Control (Farpoint®) |
7 |
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SQL Server (Microsoft) |
2000, 2005 |
For use with SQL Connection.
If you are using SQL Server 2005, you must use Synergy/DE 8.3 (or
higher). |
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Synergy DBMS (Synergex) |
5.7.9+ |
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Terminal emulator |
At least limited vt100 terminal compatibility |
For use with the remote debugging
feature. |
Visual Studio |
2003, 2005, Orcas |
For use with xfNetLink .NET and xfServerPlus.
If you are using Visual Studio 2005, you must use Synergy/DE 8.3
(or higher).
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VMWare |
All |
For using Synergy/DE products on virtual machines.
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Windows Installer |
3.1 |
Used with InstallShield
for Windows Installer. |
Xerces C++ XML parser |
2.5.0 |
Used by the XML API.
Xerces is built into gentlb. |
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