[AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit

John Bartow john at winhaven.net
Wed May 11 10:17:34 CDT 2011


Problems. Little if any support for 3rd party add-ins, Active X controls,
etc. 

I installed it once (MSDN) and it made no difference in performance so I
canned it.

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:52 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit

John,

>> Microsoft does everything they can to encourage people not to use it. 
>> <<

Fascinating.  Why is that?

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:35 AM, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote:
> Hi Darrell,
> I'd be interested in the reason they use 64 bit Office. Microsoft does 
> everything they can to encourage people not to use it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darrell 
> Burns
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:03 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: [AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit
>
> Hello. I developed a 32-bit Access 2007 app with VBA code that uses 
> DAO exclusively for data access and has no add-ins. My client has 
> Windows 7 64-bit PCs running Office 2010 64-bit. I delivered the app 
> as a 2007 runtime package and it didn't work at their place.
> The app runs fine on my WinServer2008 machine with Office 2010 32-bit, 
> but I haven't tested it under Office 2010 64-bit.
> Since my other clients are still operating in the 32-bit world, I 
> can't abandon the 32-bit version.
> Is there a way to satisfy both worlds with just one version?
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