[AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit

Not to pull away from Darrell's question, but what do you mean that they
are doing everything they can to encourage people not to use it?

That Office 2010 has 3 versions (the 32, 64 and 32/64) is an indication
that Microsoft is preparing for a Full, 64 bit ONLY version Office.

To look at the push towards 64 bit computing, don't look at Office, look
at Windows. Most home users are getting Windows 7 64 bit without even
knowing it.  It's the business world that is slowly making the
intentional conversion.  

This is more complex than the 16 to 32 bit conversion.  The computer
market was nowhere near as large or as saturated as it is now.  64 bit
processors have been out since the 90's, but in the last 5 or 6 years,
all PC based systems have been coming out with 64 bit processors, that
are just allowing 32 bit OSes.  I am willing to bet that the next
release, or the one after, will be available ONLY as 64 bit.

Think of Office 2010 x64 as the Access 95 of Offices.  It's follow-up
was Access 97, which just simply rocked!

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:35 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit

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?

Thanx,
DB

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