[AccessD] 32->64 bit Conversion

[Arthur Fuller]

So come on Stuart. Write a wizard that auto-converts everything from 32 to
64, and has a model that also resolves the problems in my love life. Hurry!

On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 4:51 PM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> COMPATIBILITY with your clients  environment.
>
> The default Office installation is now 64bit.  And nore that a few
> people/organsations want or
> need 64bit Office for Excel with it's much larger spreadsheet range.
>
> You can't have both 32bit and 64bit Office installed on the same machine.
>
> Any new workstation or laptops will have 64 bit Office unless the
> purchaser is savvy enough
> to override the default installation and has a valid reason to do so.
>
> Like it or not, it's becoming a 64bit world more and more.  Even though
> there is still a place
> for 32bit applications,  Office is not one of them.
>
> Basically, if your old 32bit Access applicationis uses API calls and is
> going to be used on
> new machines which you don't have control of,you *have* to upgrade it to
> be 64bit
> compatible.
>
> Similarly ,any new application you develop which is going to use API
> calls, has to be
> developed as 64bit (but with backward 32bit capability)
>
> I've had to go  through this with numerous clients over the last few years.
>
>
> On 9 Nov 2021 at 15:50, Arthur Fuller wrote:
>
> > I guess that I'm already almost halfway down the path, but it has
> > become time to wonder why I am doing this in the first place. The
> > obvious answer is that the client requested it, and while an engineer
> > in his own field, he is not a software guy (hence my employment). But
> > it's become time for me at least to pose the question, What am
> > gaining by this move to 64-bit? Performance? And if so, are there any
> > benchmarks to verify this? Compatibility with the default Office
> > installation? And if so, why is that important? Com[atinility with
> > current and future hardware? Something else that hasn't occurred to
> > me? I am as willing as anyone to spend my client's dollars, but I also
> > have, at least intermittently, a conscience, and would like to know
> > what benefits I am delivering for the dollars the client is spending.
> > Suggestions in the way of justification are invited.
> >
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Arthur