Synergy/DE Compatibility

This page includes requirements and other important information about Synergy/DE 12.3. 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) When you upgrade to version 12.3, License Manager will automatically start polling and contact the Synergy License Web Service.

• If you have already placed an order for v12, new product keys will be downloaded and installed.
• If you haven’t yet placed an order, fuzzy matching will enable you to run version 12 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 licensing.

(OpenVMS) Version 12 license PAKs must be installed before upgrading to Synergy/DE 12.3. 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 12.3 to benefit from all the new features and fixes. If you choose not to rebuild, your application should still work fine with the 12.3 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 12.3 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 12.3 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 12.3. If you choose to update your server(s) only, refer to the table below for the minimum client versions supported with Synergy/DE 12.3 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.

RDBMS Support (with SQL Connection)

SQL Connection 12.3 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.