[AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit

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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee681792.aspx

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The recommendations for which edition of Office 2010 to install are as follows:

----> If users in your organization depend on existing extensions to
Office, such as ActiveX controls, third-party add-ins, in-house
solutions built on previous versions of Office, or 32-bit versions of
programs that interface directly with Office, we recommend that you
install 32-bit Office 2010 (the default installation) on computers
that are running both 32-bit and 64-bit supported Windows operating
systems.

----> If some users in your organization are Excel expert users who
work with Excel spreadsheets that are larger than 2 gigabytes (GB),
they can install the 64-bit edition of Office 2010. In addition, if
you have in-house solution developers, we recommend that those
developers have access to the 64-bit edition of Office 2010 so that
they can test and update your in-house solutions on the 64-bit edition
of Office 2010.

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GK

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Drew Wutka <DWUTKA at marlow.com> wrote:
> 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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