topic Re: Silverlight platform 32-bit support only? in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions

Silverlight platform 32-bit support only?

AmrinderGanda — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:11:14 GMT

Hi,

I was going through ArcGIS Resource Center for Silverlight API and found out that the Silverlight platform provides 32 bit support only. What exactly does this mean/impact? Like, is this a restriction from development perspective? Or does that restricts deployment in any form? Or something else?

Thanks,
AG

Re: Silverlight platform 32-bit support only?

JenniferNery — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:08:17 GMT

You might have already visited the following sites:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/01/why-microsoft-isnt-working-on-silverlight-64-bit.ars
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2009/05/29/q-a-64-bit-internet-explorer.aspx

The 64-bit version of Internet Explorer is not currently supported by Silverlight (neither do Flash) so users of your Silverlight app need to use 32-bit version. There's some Q&A on the second link on what kind of things will not work on 64-bit IE.

Re: Silverlight platform 32-bit support only?

AmrinderGanda — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:20:35 GMT

That helps. Thanks for the information Jennifer.

AG

Re: Silverlight platform 32-bit support only?

dotMorten_esri — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:23:03 GMT

I would put it this way: If your webapplication uses so much memory that you require to run it on 64bit, your app is doing something very wrong 🙂

Re: Silverlight platform 32-bit support only?

AmrinderGanda — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:54:21 GMT

Thanks for the input Morten.

Hopefully, we wont run into memory problems, as usual 🙂

AG