Windows Desktop Client

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

RWS product

  • Contenta and Contenta S1000D 5.12.2

Machine

  • Desktop client 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 11 64-bit
  • Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit (deprecated)
Additional operating system packages
  • Contenta Explorer clients require Microsoft C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable Package (x86)
  • Administration clients require Microsoft C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable Package (x64)
Web browsers

A supported browser is required only when using Contenta S1000D.

  • Google Chrome 125, 64‐bit
  • Microsoft Edge Chromium 125, 64-bit
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 127.0, 64‐bit
Database client
  • Oracle 19c (12.2.0.3) 64‐bit client (OCI)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2019 64‐bit client with ODBC driver

Optional software

It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that optional software is obtained and installed on the device before installation.
Multimedia viewers
The following multimedia viewing software is required to view the associated type of multimedia.
  • Adobe Flash Player, latest version, for viewing Flash content
  • Multimedia viewers to support viewing multimedia content in the browser
Editor
  • Arbortext Editor 8.2.x 64-bit, to edit XML content
  • Syncro Soft Oxygen 24.x 64-bit, to edit XML content (Contenta S1000D only)
  • Adobe FrameMaker 2020 (Contenta only)
PDF viewer

To read product documentation, the machine requires Adobe Reader or an equivalent application for reading PDF documents.

Java
  • Oracle OpenJDK 17.0.11, 64-bit
  • Temurin OpenJDK with Hotspot JRE 17.0.11, 64‐bit

Third-party software

The following third-party software is installed on the system as part of the RWS installation.
  • Omnimark OEM 11.0.2 64‐bit
  • Strawberry Perl 5.38.2.2 64‐bit
  • Xerces‐C++3.2.4 (Contenta Explorer)