You are correct, there is no reason to have a 64bit FoxPro application for a regular Desktop app. It is different for building the middle-tier of a distributed app or a Webserver extension. But on a regular desktop you gain nothing, but inherit a lot of problems: No support for regular 32bit ActiveX or FLL components. No COM-control of Office or other 32Bit stuff.
Thus you better use the 32Bit version of VFPA, which is really highly recommended, since it cures a lot of old bugs.
wOOdy
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ProFox profox-bounces@leafe.com Im Auftrag von MB Software Solutions, LLC Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. April 2020 17:28 An: ProFox Email List profox@leafe.com Betreff: 64-bit app via the Chen version
I finally I downloaded the VFPA runtime files and am going to use that IDE and develop/deploy with this "VFP 10" version since many here have spoken of it without much negativity.
Question: what would be the benefit of using the 64-bit version IF I'M NOT USING DBFS (because in my MBSS apps, I use MariaDB/MySQL as the backend, not VFP). I just don't see the benefit other than for marketing my apps to say "they're 64-bit using the VC++ 10 runtimes."
tia, --Mike
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