Synergy/DE 9.1.5 Requirements and Other Important Information

Requirements for previous versions: 9.1.1 | 9.1.3

Select one of the following topics to link to the corresponding information below.

	New! Requirements for the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET
	New Product Configuration Keys if upgrading from a version prior to 9
	Installation Requirements
	Runtime Compatibility (Compilation Requirements)
	Server Compatibilities
	RDBMS Support (with SQL Connection)
	Third-party Products

Requirements for the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET

Product key

The “ODBC_9” configuration key will configure both the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET and xfODBC. For example, a 10-user ODBC_9 license will support 10 xfODBC users or 10 Data Provider users or 5 users of each and so on.

Product requirements

• Synergy/DE 9.1.5b or higher (Connectivity Series is required for development and Connectivity Series or xfODBC Client is required for deployment.)
• Visual Studio 2008 (for development) with Service Pack 1 and with the hotfix documented in Microsoft KB article 954740
• “ODBC-enabled” Synergy DBMS data (Data set up for ODBC access with Synergy/DE xfODBC)
• .NET Framework version 3.5 with Service Pack 1 (or a higher service pack) and with the hotfix documented in Microsoft KB article 959209

One of the following:

• Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 or higher
• Windows XP with Service Pack 3
• Windows 2003 with Service Pack 2
• Windows Server 2008 (Service Pack 2 and any subsequent service packs for Windows 2008 are supported but not required.)

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New Product Configuration Keys

If you are upgrading from a Synergy/DE version prior to Synergy/DE 9.1.3, Professional Series Workbench will require a new SlickEdit key. If you have not already received your new key, please contact our Customer Service team.

If you are upgrading to version 9 for the first time, you will need new product configuration keys. To obtain keys for a license that includes Workbench, e-mail your registration information to productkeys@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

	(Windows) The installation can upgrade Synergy/DE version 7.3.1 or higher versions.
	(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

Runtime Compatibility (Compilation Requirements)

We recommend that you rebuild your Synergy applications with version 9.1.3 to benefit from all the new features and fixes. If you choose not to rebuild, your application should still work fine with the 9.1.3 runtime, with the following exceptions:

	If your Synergy applications were built with Synergy/DE 5.7.9 or an earlier version, you must recompile them.
	If your Synergy applications use DDLIB (an executable library that contains routines that access the Synergy Repository), and they are built with a Synergy/DE version prior to 7.1, you must recompile them.
	In order to debug your code with Synergy/DE 9, you will need to recompile.

Server Compatibilities

We recommend that you update all Synergy/DE products to version 9.1.3. If you choose to update your server(s) only, refer to this chart for the minimum client versions supported with Synergy/DE 9.1.3 servers:

(Note: For all Synergy/DE client/server products, your server version must be equal to or higher than your client version.)

RDBMS Support (with SQL Connection)

SQL Connection 9.1 supports the following databases:

	Oracle
	SQL Server
	MySQL
	Synergy DBMS

In addition, fee-based support from our Professional Services Group is available for the following databases:

	Informix
	Sybase
	RDB
	Other ODBC - Compliant

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Third-Party Products
Synergy/DE interfaces or integrates with a number of third-party products. Synergex supports these interfaces and integration points but does not support the third-party products themselves. We strongly encourage you to maintain support contracts for any third-party products that are important to your solutions. The chart below specifies the versions of these third-party products that we expect to work successfully with Synergy/DE. A * in the version column indicates that the latest Synergy/DE version requires a new minimum version of the corresponding product.

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