If I have a 32-bit application written in C#, what do I need to do to convert it 64-bit? I’m assuming its more complicated then simply changing the target machine to 64-bit in Visual Studio and recompiling.
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If I have a 32-bit application written in C#, what do I need to do to convert it 64-bit? I’m assuming its more complicated then simply changing the target machine to 64-bit in Visual Studio and recompiling.
If you don’t use interop (COM, WinAPI) and don’t make assumptions about the size of pointers it’s a straightforward switch to the other platform. Even when using the latter you are probably fine, unless you use libraries that somewhere make above mentioned assumptions.
To quote the MSDN concerning System.IntPtr:
– But the other .NET types are designed to have a fixed size, regardless of the platform.