{"id":2345,"date":"2017-09-08T19:06:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T19:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/?page_id=2345"},"modified":"2024-02-16T18:45:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T23:45:53","slug":"flex-bridge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/help\/using-sendreceive\/flex-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"FLEx Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FLEx Bridge provides the Send\/Receive functionality to FieldWorks. It is installed automatically with FieldWorks but it can also be installed separately. Uninstalling FieldWorks does not uninstall FLEx Bridge. FLEx Bridge is built to be backwards compatible so you can install a new version of FLEx Bridge with an older version of FieldWorks to get bugfixes to Send\/Receive without updating your installation. Although that&#8217;s true, different versions of FLEx Bridge may not allow data to be merged together. In general, it&#8217;s best for everyone sharing data to use the same versions of FLEx and FLEx Bridge.<\/p>\n<section class=\"download-section\">\n  <h2>Current Version<\/h2>\n   <a class=\"btn btn-default btn-block btn-download\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FlexBridge_Offline_4.2.0.exe\"\n           onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n    'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n    'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 4.2.0',\n    'download_link_type': 'button',\n    'product_os' : 'Windows'\n  });\">Download Now<i class=\"fa fa-download fa-download-style\"><\/i><\/a>\n  <div class=\"download-name\">FLExBridge                  4.2.0                     for Windows<\/div>\n  <div class=\"filemeta\">         EXE                   | 165.26 MB                   | 11 Dec 2024     <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<h2>Previous Versions<\/h2>\n<p>Older versions of FLEx Bridge are available below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion-1\" class=\"accordion no-js\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-1-t1\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\" data-initialstate=\"closed\">\n\t\t\t\tOlder versions\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1-c1\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"download\">\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_4.1.0.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 4.1.0',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    4.1.0                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>38.15 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>14 Jul 2023<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_4.0.0.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 4.0.0',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    4.0.0                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>38.15 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>14 Mar 2023<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_3.8.0.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.8.0',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.8.0                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>38.17 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>8 Dec 2022<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_3.7.1.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.7.1',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.7.1                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>36.68 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>10 Aug 2022<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_3.7.0.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.7.0',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.7.0                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>37.06 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>16 Jun 2022<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_3.6.0.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.6.0',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.6.0                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>37.05 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>2 Feb 2022<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_3.5.0.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.5.0',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.5.0                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>37.04 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>1 Nov 2021<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_3.4.2.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.4.2',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.4.2                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>37.05 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>26 Oct 2021<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_3.3.0.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.3.0',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.3.0                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>45.88 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>14 May 2021<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_3.2.0.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.2.0',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.2.0                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>42.14 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>7 Apr 2021<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_3.1.9.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.1.9',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.1.9                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>42.06 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>10 Feb 2021<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_Offline_3.1.8.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.1.8',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.1.8                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>42.04 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>25 Nov 2020<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_3.1.7.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.1.7',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.1.7                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>42.00 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>4 Sep 2020<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_3.1.6.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.1.6',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.1.6                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>42.00 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>8 Jul 2020<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_3.1.5.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.1.5',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.1.5                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>42.00 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>24 Jun 2020<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_3.1.4.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.1.4',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.1.4                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>42.00 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>30 Apr 2020<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridge_3.0.1.exe\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 3.0.1.260',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    3.0.1.260                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>EXE<\/span> | <span>32.32 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>10 Jul 2019<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n        <p>\n            <a class=\"getfile\" href=\"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/downloads\/r\/fieldworks\/FLExBridgeInstaller2.6.2.msi\"\n               onClick=\"gtag('event', 'SIL_DOWNLOADS', {\n  'product_name': 'fieldworks',\n  'product_version': 'Fieldworks FLExBridge 2.6.2',\n  'download_link_type': 'paragraph-font',\n  'product_os' : 'Windows'\n});\">\n                FLExBridge                                    2.6.2                                            <\/a>\n                        <span class=\"filemeta paragraph-font\">\n                <span>MSI<\/span> | <span>14.62 MB<\/span>\n                                     | <span>13 Mar 2018<\/span>\n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLEx Bridge provides the Send\/Receive functionality to FieldWorks. It is installed automatically with FieldWorks but it can also be installed separately. Uninstalling FieldWorks does not uninstall FLEx Bridge. FLEx Bridge is built to be backwards compatible so you can install a new version of FLEx Bridge with an older version of FieldWorks to get bugfixes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":1848,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"hide_sidebar":false,"hide_h1":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2345","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3793,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2345\/revisions\/3793"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/software.sil.org\/fieldworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}