How to generate 64 bit executables with visual basic .net?
We have code that was created in visual basic 6. Now we have a new itanium 64 bit machine, and want to take the old code and generate 64 bit executables that will run on the ia64 machine. The question i have is what is the easiest way on doing that? From what i see on the forum it looks like i have to take the project generated with visual basic 6 and convert it to .net 2005 edition, and than using the .net framework 2 beta will create 64 bit executables.
Is this the way to go? Is .net 2003 edition capable of generating 64 bit executables?
Thank you...
danb2005 wrote: |
| We have code that was created in visual basic 6. Now we have a new itanium 64 bit machine, and want to take the old code and generate 64 bit executables that will run on the ia64 machine. |
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Are you sure you need to convert your program to 64-bit? Unless you need to take advantage of the IA-64 architecture, you could just run your code as a 32-bit process under WOW64.
| The question i have is what is the easiest way on doing that? From what i see on the forum it looks like i have to take the project generated with visual basic 6 and convert it to .net 2005 edition |
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I don't do much VB but several bloggers have observed that converting VB6 to VB.NET is not trivial. Some have described it as a complete re-write almost to a different language.
| Is .net 2003 edition capable of generating 64 bit executables? |
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No. The 1.1 framework can be installed on 64-bit operating systems but managed code runs as a 32-bit process under WOW64