#LARGE ADDRESS AWARE FULL#
#LARGE ADDRESS AWARE WINDOWS#

I believe that SmartBear guys already did some evaluations and maybe they will even let us know about their results and whether they made some decision. Will it be possible for 64-bit version of TestComplete to handle this or (and this is my assumption) it will have to start some 32-bit host process and use it? (Current 32-bit version handles the reverse scenario quite fine.) Also, I am not sure about scenario when, for example, 64-bit application spawns some 32-bit process that must be controlled from the same test. What I am pretty sure at is that this is not simple decision and there will be necessity in 32-bit version as well. that Visual Studio does not interact that intensively and in that volume with outer applications as TestComplete does) though some areas sound less persuasively to me (considerations about 'worldwide standards', 'modern applications'). In the 32-bit compilers, /LARGEADDRESSAWARE:NO is enabled if /LARGEADDRESSAWARE is not otherwise specified on the linker line. In the 64-bit compilers, this option is enabled by default. I would agree with you for some areas (e.g. The /LARGEADDRESSAWARE option tells the linker that the application can handle addresses larger than 2 gigabytes. doesn't sound very robust approach to me. In fact, now that I am thinking over it, it's actually quite logic than when you use a 64bit OS, then run a 32bit TestComplete is used tot start a 64bit application, this might just be asking for (unclear) performance / memory / processor issues: you switch from architecture 2 times (64bit -> 32bit -> 64bit).

#LARGE ADDRESS AWARE WINDOWS#

I mean Visual Studio does not have (that much) rare performance issues (as far as I know of), and it's not working intensively with 'third party' applications, as TestComplete can (since it supports all Windows based applications). Te be modern an application which potential has heavy workload (like TC / TE) potentially have, would inho be better of as being available in 64bit as well)Д¬omparing TestComplete with Visual Studio is an incorrect comparison if you ask me. The latter being just a matter of preventing possible (strange) performance issues.ДЄlso, in more general: the wordwide standard is becoming 64bit, both in processors, as well as in Windows. They would also work 'better' because they run on the same 'bandwith' as the underlying architecture.

#LARGE ADDRESS AWARE FULL#

The biggest advantage of having TC compiled as 64bit application is that it would have full access to all memory available on the system.

Large address aware