The question you have to ask when you decide to download the 2014 version of our products is: Which platform do I download? 32 bit or 64 bit?
Most people with a 64 Bit OS will probably download the 64…
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With some of our smaller free tools, for example PrimalPad, we started creating 32 bit and 64 bit versions quite some time ago. There is no capacity reason for a text editor to be 64 bit, after all, your script…
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As promised last time we take a look at the new version of the Object Browser in PrimalScript 2012.
As soon as you click on the PowerShell node you will notice two things:
It opens a LOT faster. PrimalScript 2012…
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PrimalScript and PrimalForms 2011 make heavy use of the “sysnative” virtual folder to access 64 bit operating system tools and files.
Under the 64 bit versions of Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP that virtual folder is not available by…
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You probably already guessed that we did not just stop with executing scripts in either 32 or 64 bit mode.
Debugging your scripts in either environment is just as simple. With just the flick of a switch you can launch…
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Last time we learned how you can pre-determine where your script is executed by using meta-comments inside your code.
While this third installment also deals with execution in either 32 or 64 bit environments, the main gap being addressed today…
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The question about a 64 bit version of PrimalScript has been raised a few times in our support forum. The question was, however, not really about what platform PrimalScript uses, but what platform the scripts run on.
As software transitions…
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Last time we looked at running VBScript files in 64 bit from within PrimalScript 2009. As you may recall, the only thing required was to provide a path to the 64 bit CScript.exe or WScript.exe and substituting “sysnative” for “system32”.…
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PrimalScript 2009 usually uses CScript.exe to run VBScript files and captures its output and directs it to the IDE’s output windows.
Since PrimalScript 2009 is a 32 bit application the host used is also of the 32 bit variety, residing…
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PrimalScript 2009 is a 32 bit application, so by default it uses the 32 bit version of PowerShell even on a 64 bit machine for the embedded console.
If you are dealing with mostly 64 bit server software you may…
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