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Microsoft Access SCC Addin
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64-bit build? #10

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 1 year ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Try to start the add-in in Access 2013, 64-bit
2. Get error message, "The wizard you've requested is not installed or is in a 
bad state. Please install or reinstall the wizard. If you do not have 
permission to do this on your computer, please contact your help desk 
representative."

Running Access 2013, 64-bit, on Windows 8

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tgmayfi...@gmail.com on 12 Jun 2013 at 11:42

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
64 bit office has never been tested up until now. Thanks for confirming this, 
but I thought this might happen. The addin is based around 32 bit code. To work 
with 64 bit I would need to recompile and build on a 64 bit system. I have not 
bothered so far as I have not encountered anyone using 64 bit office.

The stance from Microsoft is as follows:

From http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee681792.aspx
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The recommendations for which edition of Office 2013 to install are as follows:
If users in your organization depend on existing extensions to Office, such as 
ActiveX controls, third-party add-ins, in-house solutions built on earlier 
versions of Office, or 32-bit versions of programs that interface directly with 
Office, we recommend that you install 32-bit Office 2013 (the default 
installation) on computers that are running both 32-bit and 64-bit supported 
Windows operating systems.
If some users in your organization are Excel expert users who work with complex 
Excel spreadsheets, they can install the 64-bit edition of Office 2013 to move 
beyond the 2 GB addressable memory boundary that is imposed on 32-bit editions. 
Note that this boundary differs from the physical (on disk) size of the 
spreadsheet on your computer's hard disk drive. It is possible to have an Excel 
file whose size on disk is smaller than 2 GB, but which when it is opened 
contains enough data to occupy 2 GB or more of addressable memory.
In addition, if you have in-house solution developers, we recommend that those 
developers have access to the 64-bit edition of Office 2013 so that they can 
test and update your in-house solutions on the 64-bit edition of Office 2013.
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Having said that, if you can get the addin working on a 32 bit system and you 
like it, I may look into a 64 bit build as well.

Original comment by steve.fa...@talkjcs.com on 13 Jun 2013 at 8:02