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John
John

Reputation: 804

is it possible to create 64 bit program using a 32 bit OS

i have 32 bit windows 7 and I am using visual studio 2010 express.

Is it possible to create a solution for a 64 bit platform?

If it is possible, how is it done?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 147

Answers (3)

Eric J.
Eric J.

Reputation: 150148

If you write managed code and target AnyCPU, the code will be jitted to appropriate assembly for the platform it's executed on

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/BackToBasics32bitAnd64bitConfusionAroundX86AndX64AndTheNETFrameworkAndCLR.aspx

To directly target 64 bit apps from Visual Studio Express, install Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) in addition to Visual C++ Express.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9yb4317s.aspx

Upvotes: 2

BlueWanderer
BlueWanderer

Reputation: 2691

cl64.exe itself is a 32 bit program. It just produces 64 bit code. In Visual Studio create a Win32 project, and create a new target platform in the configuration manager.

Upvotes: 0

Sebastian
Sebastian

Reputation: 8164

Maybe "How to: Enable a 64-Bit Visual C++ Toolset at the Command Line" at MSDN helps, but it's for VS2010 not express. Basically it's all about having a cross compiler.

Edit: In addition to that, there is also How to: Configure Visual C++ Projects to Target 64-Bit Platforms.

Upvotes: 0

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