32-bit versus 64-bit

With options in Uniface version 10.4.02 for a 32-bit or 64-bit IDE installation, what considerations/dependencies are to be considered in making this decision? I am aware of hardware and operating system but is there anything related to the DBMS that should also be considered?

Hi Jim,

IMHO the only other consideration is related to YOUR software ecosystem; we are considering too switching to 64bit IDE and my check list is including a serie of Windows tools not being part of standard MS Windows installation that are used for one reason or another within our custom management software like:
- Ghostscript printer (to generate PDF)
- Irfan Viewer (to manage images)
- unix utils for Windows (to manage files)
- ...

All these external software MUST be available in a 64bit environment before completely switching to 64bit IDE.

I hope it helps...

Regards,
Gianni

Thank you Gianni. This helps a great deal. I will keep this information in mind in our shop's effort to move to a 64-bit IDE.

Hi

Using eg. Sql-server I suppose that using 64 bit version, one should use the 64 bit odbc version connecting to the database.

I haven't seen very much about 64 bit development version.  I don't even know about compiled files, eg. in uar-files, are those compatible to use
by both 32- and 64-bit runtime versions?

Regards RogerW.