Synergy/DE Compatibility

Select your Synergy/DE version in the drop-down below to view its compatibility information.

This page includes requirements and other important information about Synergy/DE 11.1. Refer to the Quick Migration Guide (PDF) for more information about upgrading.

Product Keys
Runtime Compatibility (Compilation Requirements)
ISAM File Compatibility
Server Compatibility
RDBMS Support (with SQL Connection)
Third-Party Products

Product Keys

(Windows, Unix) Version 11.1 uses REV11 licensing, which automatically polls the Synergy License Web Service to obtain license data for your systems.

When you upgrade to v11, License Manager will automatically start polling and contact the Synergy License Web Service.

If you have already placed an order for v11, new product keys will be downloaded and installed.
If you haven’t yet placed an order, fuzzy matching will enable you to run version 11 as long as your subscription or ALM is current. Synergex Customer Service will contact you to complete the upgrade process.

See “Synergy/DE Licensing” in the Synergy/DE documentation for additional information about REV11 licensing.

(OpenVMS) Version 11 license PAKs must be installed before upgrading to Synergy/DE 11.1. You can obtain license PAKs online from the Licenses area of the Synergex Resource Center or by contacting Synergex Customer Service.

Runtime Compatibility (Compilation Requirements)

We recommend that you rebuild your Synergy applications with 11.1 to benefit from all the new features and fixes. If you choose not to rebuild, your application should still work fine with the 11.1 runtime, with the following exceptions:

If your application was built with a Synergy/DE version prior to 9.1, you must recompile.
If your Synergy application uses DDLIB (an executable library that contains routines that access the Synergy Repository) and is built with a Synergy/DE version prior to 7.1, you must recompile.
If you want to debug your code with Synergy/DE 11.1 and your application is built with a version prior to 10.3, you must recompile.
If you use UI Toolkit code with Synergy .NET and your application is built with version 9.5.3, you must recompile.
If you have a Synergy .NET application built with a version prior to 9.5.3, you must recompile.

ISAM File Compatibility

We recommend that you convert your REV2 and 3 files to REV4 or higher. This will improve performance and ensure future compatibility. Synergy/DE 11.1 can access REV2 and 3 files but cannot create them; by default it creates REV6 and can also create REV4. In addition, isutl does not support pre-REV4 files (other than to convert them). REV4 files can be accessed by Synergy/DE 7.1 and higher. REV6 files can be accessed by Synergy/DE 10.1 and higher. See the Quick Migration Guide (PDF) for more information.

Server Compatibility

We recommend that you update all Synergy/DE products to version 11.1. If you choose to update your server(s) only, refer to the table below for the minimum client versions supported with Synergy/DE 11.1 servers.

For SQL OpenNet, the server version must be equal to the client version. For other Synergy/DE client/server products, the server version must be equal to or higher than the client.

Server product	Supported client version
xfServer	Synergy/DE 6.1 and higher (9.3 or higher clients are required for encryption support, 9.5 or higher to use the Select class, and 10.3.1 or higher for connection recovery.)
xfServerPlus	xfNetLink 7.1 and higher (For encryption support, 9.3 or higher clients are required for xfNetLink .NET and xfNetLink Synergy and 9.5.1a or higher for xfNetLink Java.)
SQL OpenNet	xfODBC or SQL Connection 11.1
License Manager	(Windows) Synergy/DE 6.3 and higher (UNIX) Synergy/DE 6.1 and higher

RDBMS Support (with SQL Connection)

SQL Connection 11.1 supports the following databases:

Oracle
SQL Server
MySQL
Synergy DBMS

See Third-Party Products for specific version information.

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

Informix
Oracle Rdb
IBM DB2
PostgreSQL
Other ODBC-compliant

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 applications. The table below specifies the versions of third-party products that we expect to work successfully with Synergy/DE. In most cases, higher versions than those listed will also work.

An asterisk* in the version column indicates a new minimum version requirement.

Third-party product	Version with which Synergy/DE 11.1 is expected to work	Notes
HTTP	1.0	For use with the HTTP document transport API.
Java Virtual Machine (JVM)	*8 and higher	For xfNetLink Java, which requires a JVM that is compatible with JDK version 8 or higher.
Microsoft .NET Framework	*4.7.2	Version 4.7.2 or higher is required for installation and for most Synergy/DE products that use the .NET Framework. Device licensing requires 4.7.2 or higher.
Microsoft Visual Studio	*2019 (16.0 or higher), 2022 (17.0 or higher) We support the latest two versions of Visual Studio.	For use with Synergy DBL Integration and xfNetLink .NET. Synergy/DE SDI 11.1 and higher requires Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0 or higher. Developers should stay current with all VS and SDI updates.
MySQL	5.1, *8 (64-bit)	For use with SQL Connection.
OpenSSL	* Windows: 1.1.1a or higher * Unix: HP-UX: 1.0.x; IBM AIX: 1.0.2r or higher; Linux: 1.0.x or higher; Solaris: 1.1.1 * OpenVMS: SSL111version 1.1.1b; SSL1 1.0-2C and higher	For use with the HTTP document transport API, data encryption, and xfServer and xfServerPlus client/server encryption, and Connectivity Series data packet encryption. (OpenVMS) SSL1 1.0-2C is based on OpenSSL 1.0.2C. Synergy/DE installs the libraries compatible with the SSL version your OS version supports. Connectivity Series requires SSL1 1.0-2C and higher. See also “OpenSSL requirements” in the Synergy/DE documentation.
Oracle	*11 and higher	For use with SQL Connection.
SQL Server (Microsoft)	* 2008 R2 (with SP 4) and higher	For use with SQL Connection. Synergy/DE 11.1 supports SQL Server accessed via Microsoft ODBC Driver 17.x for SQL Server.
Synergy DBMS	REV 4 and higher ISAM files
Terminal emulator	At least limited VT100 terminal compatibility	For use with the remote debugging feature.