Re: 64bit Windows builds

On 1/18/2012 12:14 PM, Lester Caine wrote: > William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: >> On 1/18/2012 6:13 AM, Lester Caine wrote: >>> > >>> > A much better reason for not supporting the build is probably that the 64bit >>> compiler is >>> > not available in the free development stack? We have to buy a development stack >>> > to >>> get the >>> > 64bit compiler which blocks rather than working with the publicly available >>> > process:( >>> > But actually that is a better reason for supplying a 64 bit build, and why others >>> > are >>> > providing that service. >> Actually, no. There are any number of free mechanisms to build 64 bit code. > Could you elaborate on that? > Building 64bit windows applications which are VC9 compliant would seem to need the > 'official' compiler, and while I have not done a lot of looking, there was nothing > being > offered when I tried to set up the windows build environment form Pierre's original notes > although that was some time ago. I ended up buying an M$ development pack to plug the hole. The SDK and DDK remain free with a minimal toolchain, including 64 bit compilers. Of course they aren't called that anymore, because things are only fun in the Windows world when they overhaul the glossary of terms every 3 years. You probably started with Express edition of Visual Studio, and I note that it claims not to support 64 bit. But the compilers in the SDK or WDK (Windows Drivers Kit formerly DDK) should solve your issue. I don't know offhand whether these contain visual studio 15 or 16.