Windows Application Server

Required and optional software to be obtained and installed before a Windows Application Server installation, and software automatically installed during installation.

RWS product

  • XPP 9.7
  • XPP RESTful Web Services 1.3

Machine

  • Application Server running Microsoft Windows

Prerequisite software

It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that the following software is obtained and installed on the system before installation.
Operating system
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 64-bit
Additional operating system package
  • Microsoft C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable Package (x64)

Optional software

It is the customer's responsibility to obtain and install any optional software on the system before the XPP installation.
Java

XPP Compare, XPP XML Export, XPP EDGAR HTML, SVG graphic conversion, and XSLT 2.0 require one of the following versions (or later) of Java:

  • Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8.0_192 or later 1.8x release, 64-bit
  • Temurin OpenJDK with Hotspot JRE 17.0.7 or later 17.x release, 64‐bit
  • Oracle OpenJDK 17.0.7 or later 17.x release, 64-bit
PDF generator

XPP generates PDFs using Direct-to-PDF, and includes Ghostscript, which distills PostScript to generate PDFs. If you plan to use a different PostScript distiller to create PDFs (e.g. Adobe Acrobat Distiller), you need to purchase and install it before installing XPP.

Fonts

XPP delivers a comprehensive set of Noto OpenType fonts for use in its utilities and the sample jobs we produce. These fonts are required by the XPP application so do not remove them. They are also available for your use, but are delivered at our discretion. Refer to the RWS publication XML Professional Publisher: Fonts for more information.

Third-party software

The following third-party software is installed on the system as part of the XPP installation.
  • Ghostscript 9.50
  • OmniMark OEM 11.0.2
  • Reprise License Manager 12.4
  • Saxon Professional Edition 9.9.0
  • Strawberry Perl 5.38.0
  • Xalan C/C++ 1.11.0 (deprecated)

Product version compatibility

The following table shows which products are compatible with one another.
Table 1. Contenta S1000D and XPP compatibility
MS Windows CompatibilityXPP 9.6.3XPP 9.7 with Perl 5.38
Contenta S1000D Publish Tool 5.11Supported

If Contenta S1000D and XPP are installed on the same server, it must be either an MS Windows 2016 64-bit or MS Windows 2019 64-bit Server.

Supported

If Contenta S1000D and XPP are installed on the same server, it must be an MS Windows 2019 64-bit Server.

5.12.1

with Perl 5.38

Supported

If Contenta S1000D and XPP are installed on the same server, it must be either an MS Windows 2019 or MS Windows 2022 64-bit Server.

Supported

If Contenta S1000D and XPP are installed on the same server, it must be either an MS Windows 2019 or MS Windows 2022 64-bit Server.