omido Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 The future is 64-bit!It's worth considering the talk about Windows 8 being released only in a 64-bit version (as is the case with Server 2008 R2).Now I don't care about the software itself run in pure x64 mode, not the WOW mode.I care about its output exe files: they are 32-bit.You should give an option to users set the output file in 32-bit or 64-bit mode.Or compile the exe for as the platform independent (32-bit on 32-bit pcs and 64-bit on 64-bit pcs)Any idea/plan?Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Currently almost all software are 32-bit. Windows will support 32-bit executables many years. I think you needn't worry about this. Slideshows rarely require memory larger than 2 GB. Also producing of two files (for 32-bit and 64-bit) can make a mess for many users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omido Posted July 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 I just wanted to check if you have internal plans or not, I am a Microsoft Certified Partner and my development platform is .NET, I know it's a hard and long way to migrate to 64-bit, but it's a requirement, maybe not a short time one, but even now, the 32-bit apps are running in an emulated mode in 64-bit platforms (WOW).Thank you anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Thanks! I understand importance of it. Probably Windows software will completely migrate to managed code that solves problem 32-bit vs 64-bit Currently we can't easily migrate to 64-bit. Legacy of old code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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