We are pleased to announce that a new version of Synergy DBL Integration for Visual Studio (SDI) version 2021.12.3567 is available for download from the Resource Center and is recommended for use by all Synergy developers. The primary reason for this release is to ensure compatibility with the version 12 Synergy .NET runtime and accompanying libraries built to target .NET Standard 2.0.

SDI now enforces a minimum .NET Framework version of 4.7.2 for Synergy .NET projects. When opening a solution, SDI will automatically upgrade any Synergy .NET projects that target older Framework versions, altering them to target 4.7.2. This may impact your ability to build if you have non-Synergy projects that reference Synergy .NET projects and target a lower Framework version. If you do experience build problems, check the warnings produced by your Visual Studio build for details on .NET Framework targeting issues.

As always, the new release also includes a range of quality improvements, and we encourage you to review these changes listed in the release notes.

The Synergy/DE tools included in this version of SDI (dbl.exe, dblproto.exe, dblibr.exe, dblink.exe, dbl2xml.exe, and rpsutl.exe) are from Synergy/DE version 12.0.1.3274.