Iron Speed Designer System Requirements

Iron Speed Designer can be installed on any of the operating systems below.  The installed machine must have the Microsoft .NET Framework.  If you need to modify the code generated by Iron Speed Designer, you will also require appropriate code and web page editing tools, such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and the .NET SDK (which comes with Visual Studio .NET).

Component

Minimum Requirement

Operating system

Microsoft Vista

Iron Speed Designer runs on:
Windows Vista Business Edition (32 and 64 bit)
Windows Vista Enterprise Edition (32 and 64 bit)
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (32 and 64 bit)

Iron Speed Designer will not run on:
Windows Vista Starter Edition
Windows Vista Home Edition
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition

Note: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 requires a service pack in order to run under Windows Vista. Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 is not supported on Microsoft Vista.

Microsoft Windows 2003
Windows 2003 Server (32 and 64 bit)

Microsoft Windows XP
Windows XP Professional (32 and 64 bit) (Service Pack 1 or later)
Windows XP Home (32 and 64 bit) (Service Pack 1 or later, local development machine only)

Web server

Microsoft IIS 5.0 or later.

Microsoft ASP.NET Development Server, if running under .NET Framework 2.0 or 3.0 (included in Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005)
(Optional, runs on local development machine only.)

.NET Framework

.NET Framework 3.5
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1
.NET Framework 3.0
.NET Framework 2.0

Iron Speed Designer will not run under:
.NET Framework 1.1
.NET Framework 1.0

You can download the .NET Framework from:

msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/default.aspx

Note:  Iron Speed Designer does not support the .NET Compact Framework.

.NET SDK

If you intend to modify the code generated by Iron Speed Designer.

Integrated Development Environment

Optional, if you intend to modify or extend the generated source code.

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2008 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2008 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2008 Team Edition for Software Developers

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 Professional Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 Team Edition for Software Developers

Notes:

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 supports only the .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0.

These IDE’s are not supported:
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2008 Express Edition
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 Express Edition
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition
Microsoft Visual Studio 2003

System speed

Iron Speed Designer requires a minimum of 600 MHz with 1 GHz recommended.

System memory

Iron Speed Designer requires a minimum of 512 MB of memory and 1 GB is recommended.  There are additional requirements if the development machine also has a database (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server) and an IDE (e.g., Microsoft Visual Studio .NET) installed.

System disk space

Approximately 100 MB of disk space is required.

We recommend installing Iron Speed Designer on the desktop machine of each individual developer.  (Please note that each developer will require a separate license to use Iron Speed Designer).

To modify the source code generated by Iron Speed Designer, you must be able to access the hard drive where the generated code is stored.

Installing Multiple Versions of Iron Speed Designer

You can install multiple versions of Iron Speed Designer on your system.  They will not conflict with each other as long as they are installed in separate folders.

See Also

System Requirements

Iron Speed Designer System Requirements

Generated Application System Requirements

Application User System Requirements

Running on Microsoft .NET

.NET Framework 3.0 Compatibility for Iron Speed Designer

Activating and Deactivating Iron Speed Designer

Offline Key Request of Iron Speed Designer

Offline Activation of Iron Speed Designer

Downloading MSDE

How to Check Your MDAC Version

Proxy Server Configuration

Running Iron Speed Designer Remotely

Browser Compatibility