The Workbench client application will normally be installed on several or many user PC's on the network, or Remote Desktop Services (RDS) / Terminal Server, or Citrix Presentation Server.
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Any Windows operating system that can run Microsoft Access 2010 is capable of running Workbench, this includes:
Microsoft Windows 7(End of Life imminent)- Microsoft Windows 8
- Microsoft Windows 8.1
- Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows Server 2008(End of Life imminent)Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2(End of Life imminent)- Microsoft Windows Server 2012
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Access
The Workbench application uses Microsoft Access and can work with the following version:
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It is possible to open Workbench in newer version of Microsoft Access , such as 2013 & and 2016, however . However those versions will not be able to render reports as the Crystal Reports controls are not compatible with the new versions of Access.
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Without this extra switch Workbench will open with the default application for Access files on the computer, which may not necessary be Access 2010 Runtime.
Workbench Application Share
All Workbench client PC's need to have access to the Workbench Application Share. The share is accessed during Workbench client installation and throughout normal Workbench usage.
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Workbench does not support client server connections over a VPN.
Office (Access) 2010 End of Life and Workbench
Microsoft has announced Office 2010 will no longer be supported after October 13, 2020. Although it does not necessarily stop Access 2010 and existing Workbench desktop client from working, it is strongly recommended to consider migrating to the web version. If that is not an option, please consider upgrading to Workbench 7.41.3 or above, which supports Office 365 Access 32 bit and the free runtime. Standalone Access 2016 32 bit and runtime are also supported when fully patched. 64 bit versions are not supported.
This new version works around Crystal Reports incompatibility by providing an extra PDF viewer mode. When enabled reports previews will be opened by the default PDF viewer available on the client machine.