64-bit exe

[omido]

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

[Igor]

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.

[omido]

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.

[Igor]

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.