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Hello,

Are there any plans for a 64-bits version of FWH and xHarbour ?

Thanks.

Michel,

FiveTech provides a FWH 64 bits version since several years ago

Antonio,

Thanks a lot for your answer.

Do you have any idea how about xHarbour ?

Michel,

there was a 64-bit version of xHarbour and Harbour some years ago. I have a version dated from 2005. But I don´t know, if there is any progress in development.

Michel, Stefan,

We have not published many FWH64 updates as there are very few users of it, as 32 bits applications are fully compatible with 32 and 64 bits Windows versions. Both Harbour and xHarbour are supported.

Anyhow there are some circunstances where it may be interesting to build a 64 bits version. We can easily build an updated FWH64 versión any moment. We wish there were more users of it

Antonio,

Thanks a lot for your answer.

I was just wondering about 64-bits. More and more customers of mine are using Windows 7 64-bits or Windows 2008 (or 2010) server 64-bits. I sometimes got the question if my application is 64-bits.

Michel,

64 bits are not a real advantage except for commercial reasons as there is a common belief that 64 bits is more advanced than 32 bits, or in those cases where the application needs to manage more than 2 GB of memory, usually in multimedia apps.

Antonio,

Thanks a lot for your explaining answer.

So we don't have to bother 64-bits in the near future.

My applications run fine on Windows 64-bits, but I only put this topic because of the questions from my customers on this matter.

As far as I am concerned, the subject is closed at the moment. Thanks.