[AccessD] 32->64 bit Conversion

[Susan Harkins]

I'm sorry Arthur -- Stuart is correct I believe. I'm probably confusing two
different threads, but I thought that was part of your early frustration. I
apologize if not. 

Susan H. 

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From: AccessD <accessd-bounces+ssharkins=gmail.com at databaseadvisors.com> On
Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 6:28 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] 32->64 bit Conversion

Susan is mistaken.  The issue here is solely one of what version of Office
your clients are using.  Full stop.
If any client machine is using 64bit Office, your application needs to be
upgraded to make it compatible with their installation. (Once you have done
so, it will still work on their machines using 32bit Office)

If your application uses API functions or calls to any external OCX or DLL,
and your client uses 64 bit Office, your application HAS to be written to
work with 64bit Office.
That means that PTRSAFE and LONGPTR are essential - not using them will
break your application since an Access application running on 64bit Office
can't make calls to 32bit DLLs. 

But in a way, "memory" is the issue :)
A 64bit application uses 64 bit memory addressing.  That's the whole reason
why you need 
to use LONGPTR for any reference to a handle, structure or other memory
location.   
The Access compiler will make such references 64 bit or 32 bit depending on
what version it is running on (re-compiling on-the-fly if required)

On 9 Nov 2021 at 17:50, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> Ok Susan. why waste more time converting to something without 
> benefits? Good point.
> 
> On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 5:40 PM Susan Harkins <ssharkins at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Arthur, the only reason to move to 64 is a memory issue. If it's 
> > necessary do it. If not, don't.
> >
> > Susan H.
> >

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