Initializing help system before first use

Installing and Launching the Desktop Edition of Xpress Workbench

The desktop version of Xpress Workbench is installed alongside Xpress.

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:
  • In Windows, open the Start menu and click the Xpress Workbench icon in the FICO folder.
  • On a Mac, open the FICO Xpress folder in Applications and click the Xpress Workbench icon.
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

Supported versions

Xpress Workbench supports the following platform, operating system, and processor combinations.

FICO Xpress Platform Operating System Processor
Xpress Optimizer
Xpress Mosel
  • IVE editor is available for Mosel on Windows only.
  • Mosel connectivity to spreadsheets is available on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Xpress NonLinear

Windows 64-bit 8, 10

Windows Server 2012 R1 and R2, Windows Server 2016 R1 and R2, Windows Server 2019

Any AMD64 or Intel EM64T enabled 64-bit CPU
Linux 64-bit RHEL 6, 7 Any AMD64 or Intel EM64T enabled 64-bit CPU
macOS 64-bit macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) to macOS 10.15 (Catalina) Intel EM64T enabled 64-bit CPU
Solaris 64-bit Solaris 10 - 11 Any AMD64 or Intel EM64T enabled 64-bit CPU
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