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Installing and Launching Xpress Workbench with the Desktop Edition

The desktop version of Xpress Workbench is a Windows application installed when Xpress is installed.

If you intend to use Xpress Insight in conjunction with Xpress and Xpress Workbench, ensure that you install Xpress Insight as the final install after Xpress and its automatic Xpress Workbench install.

To launch Xpress Workbench, select it from your computer's Start menu.

You will be presented with an initial welcome page offering you the following options:
  • Recent projects enables you to choose a recent project to open.
  • Create project
  • Open existing file or folder enables you to open an existing Workbench project, or open a source file from a folder on your computer.
  • Examples contains a range of Mosel example files, such as:
    • Introductory examples
    • Insight examples
    • Nonlinear examples
    • Calling R from Mosel
    • Calling Python from Mosel
    • Browse all examples
  • Xpress Documentation-link to the Mosel documentation on the FICO Community
  • Ask the Xpress Community-link to the Optimization forum in the FICO Community
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