William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Fri Feb 26 16:52:29 CST 2010
...anyone with more info on this? ...how can they release a 64 bit Access 2010 w/o a corresponding 64 bit Jet engine? ...the ocx issues would be small potatoes compared to this. William -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jim Dettman" <jimdettman at verizon.net> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 3:43 PM To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Using macros - good thing or bad? > William, > > <<how problematic such an upgrade > will be remains to be seen.>> > > I've also heard that Microsoft has no plans for a 64 bit version of JET, > so that may further cloud the issue. > > As it stands right now, I'm seeing quite an uptick in performance related > problems with JET running under 64 bit OS's. Think it will just turn out > to > be bugs, rather then a Microsoft "that's the way it is by design" thing. > > So far though, no one has any real answers. Microsoft has released one > hot fix for Windows 2008 Server 64 bit, but nothing on the Windows 7 side > yet. And that hot fix doesn't seem to solve everyone's problems. > > Jim. > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7:29 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Using macros - good thing or bad? > > ...from my perspective, the problem with 64 bit vba/Access is that almost > all current ocx's are 32 bit and will not work in 64 bit Access > > ...this is a major consideration when upgrading clients to 64 bit Win 7 > ...Office 2010 comes with both 32 and 64 bit versions on the same disk > ...my > > apps make extensive use of the treeview/listview control and so far there > appears to be no 64 bit support ...not to mention that such things as > Lebans > > RTF control will likely never be upgraded ...so initial installs of win > 7/64 > > will still require the 32 bit A2010 with a later reinstall of the 64 bit > version when controls become available ...how problematic such an upgrade > will be remains to be seen. > > William > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:25 PM > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Using macros - good thing or bad? > >>>From that discussion: >> >> "I should note for office 2010 we are getting a 64 bit version of VBA. >> This includes support for >> LongLong, and we now finally have a real pointer data type. " >> >> Pointers at last!!! >> >> 2010 is starting to look promising :-) >> >> -- >> Stuart >> >> >> On 25 Feb 2010 at 12:14, Steve Schapel wrote: >> >>> A colleague has also just pointed out to me a current discussion on >>> another >>> forum, so if you are interested you might flick over to >>> http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.797593.8 >>> >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >