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 9.5. Refer to the Quick Migration Guide (PDF) for more information about upgrading.
- Product Keys
- Runtime Compatibility (Compilation Requirements)
- Server Compatibility
- RDBMS Support (with SQL Connection)
- Third-Party Products
- Requirements for the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET
Product Keys
If you are upgrading to version 9 for the first time, you will need new product configuration keys. You can obtain your keys either by using our Online Services or by emailing your registration information to our Customer Service team.
As of Synergy/DE 9.3.1
- You no longer need to provide a SlickEdit key to license Workbench. The SlickEdit component of Workbench is now pre-licensed, and your Workbench configuration key will provide all the license enforcement.
- The SDBMS9 product code will now be used to license both the xfODBC and the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET products. The previous product code, ODBC_9, will continue to be supported. If there is no SDBMS9 license, Synergy/DE will look for an ODBC_9 license and use that. An SDBMS9 license will supersede an ODBC_9 license. For example,
- A customer who licenses 10 SDBMS9 users can have 5 Data Provider users and 5 xfODBC users (or any combination).
- If a user has a 10-user ODBC_9 license, and he configures a 5-user SDBMS9 license, he will be licensed for only 5 “xfODBC or Data Provider” users.
- To obtain your keys through Online Services (for licenses on Annual License Maintenance (ALM)), contact our Customer Service team to set you up for that service.
To obtain your keys through e-mail, send your registration information to Customer Service.
To get your registration information,
-- On Windows, using the Synergy Configuration program,
- From the Licensing tab, click the Print Registration Information button.
- Complete the fields and click the Print button.
- 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.)
Runtime Compatibility (Compilation Requirements)
We recommend that you rebuild your Synergy applications with 9.5.3 to benefit from all the new features and fixes. If you choose not to rebuild, your application should still work fine with the 9.5.3 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 Compatibility
We recommend that you update all Synergy/DE products to version 9.5.3. If you choose to update your server(s) only, refer to this chart for the minimum client versions supported with Synergy/DE 9.5.3 servers:
(Note: For all Synergy/DE client/server products, your server version must be equal to or higher than your client version.)
| The following Synergy/DE 9.5.3 servers... | …support these Synergy/DE client versions |
| xfServer | Synergy/DE 6.1 and higher (When using encryption, Synergy/DE 9.3 and higher) |
| xfServerPlus | xfNetLink 7.1 and higher (When using encryption, Synergy/DE 9.3 and higher) |
| SQL OpenNet | xfODBC or SQL Connection 9.5.3 |
| License Manager | (Windows) Synergy/DE 6.3 and higher (UNIX) Synergy/DE 6.1 license files and Synergy/DE 6.1 clients |
RDBMS Support (with SQL Connection)
SQL Connection 9.5 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
- Sybase
- RDB
- 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 solutions. The chart below specifies the versions of these third-party products that we expect to work successfully with Synergy/DE.
An asterisk* in the version column indicates that the latest Synergy/DE version requires a new minimum version of the corresponding product.
| For these third-party products that Synergy/DE interfaces or integrates with... | Synergy/DE 9.5 is expected to work with these versions... | Notes |
| Adobe Reader | 7, 8, 9, 10 | For viewing the Online Manuals. For best results, use the most recent version of Reader available for your platform. |
| Crystal Reports | 9, 10, 11, 12 | For use with xfODBC. |
| Delphi | 4 and higher | ActiveX controls created with Delphi must use Delphi version 4 and higher. |
| HP SSL | 1.3 | Based on OpenSSL 0.9.7e. OpenVMS only. Synergy/DE is built with 1.4, but 1.3 files are also included in the distribution and can be used if needed. |
| HTTP | 1.0 | For use with the HTTP document transport API. |
| Internet Explorer | 7.n, 8.n, 9.n | For accessing Synergy logic from xfNetLink (.NET, Java, COM). |
| Java Servlets | 2.2 and higher | For xfNetLink Java. |
| Java Virtual Machine (JVM) | 1.5 for Synergy/DE 9.5.1 *1.6 for Synergy/DE 9.5.3 |
For xfNetLink Java, which requires a JVM that is compatible with Sun Microsystems’ JDK version 1.6 or above. |
| JavaServer Pages | 1.1 and higher | For use with xfNetLink Java. |
| MDAC | 2.7 SP1, 2.8 | For use with xfODBC. |
| Microsoft .NET Framework | (2.0 or 3.5) and 4.0 for traditional Synergy 4.0 for Synergy .NET and the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET |
For traditional Synergy/DE (xfNetLink .NET and the Synergy .NET assembly API), users require 2.0 or 3.5. Users can also install 4.0. 4.0 is required for Synergy .NET code and for use with the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET |
| Microsoft Jet 4 | SP8 | For use with xfODBC. |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | 2005 with xfNetLink .NET 2010 with Synergy .NET or for the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET |
For use with xfNetLink .NET and Synergy Language Integration with Visual Studio. If you are using Visual Studio 2008, you must use Synergy/DE 9.1.3 or higher. |
| MySQL | 5.1 | For use with SQL Connection. |
| OpenSSL | *0.9.8 | Used by HTTP API. 0.9.8e required on Windows Vista. |
| Oracle | *10.x, 11.x | For use with SQL Connection. |
| SQL Server (Microsoft) | *2005, 2008, 2008 R2, (for Synergy/DE 9.5.3) 2012 | Synergy/DE 9.5 will only support the vtx12_sqlnative driver with SQL Server 2008. For use with SQL Connection. |
| Synergy DBMS (Synergex) | 5.7.9+ | |
| Terminal emulator | At least limited vt100 terminal compatibility | For use with the remote debugging feature. |
| VMWare | All | For using Synergy/DE products on virtual machines. |
Requirements for the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET
Product key
The “SDBMS9” configuration key will configure both the Synergy/DE Data Provider for .NET and xfODBC. For example, a 10-user SDBMS9 license will support 10 xfODBC users or 10 Data Provider users or 5 users of each and so on.
Product requirements
- Synergy/DE 9.5.3 or higher (Connectivity Series is required for development and Connectivity Series or xfODBC Client is required for deployment.)
- Visual Studio 2010 (for development)
- “ODBC-enabled” Synergy DBMS data (Data set up for ODBC access with Synergy/DE xfODBC)
- .NET Framework version 4.0
Platforms
One of the following:
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008 with Server Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows Vista with Service Pack 2
- Windows XP with Service Pack 3
- Windows 2003 with Service Pack 2