SBarnes wrote:Could it not be possible to provide a 64 bit client and a 32 bit client that would install the appropriate run time for Crystal as I know other applications that do this?
Of course it would be possible, and that's the conclusion we came to 5 years ago before we initially released version 7 - that if we wanted an x64 application we'd need separate installation packages... but we'd have to invest the effort to do that.
It's a simple concept but the reality is it increases the effort to produce a release and it also adds another dimension to our support matrix - so we were not prepared to put in all that effort when we knew that at that time x86 would not only be adequate but actually preferred by most of our customers.
I'd estimate we'd need
at least 40 to 120 hours of effort to get to the point where we are producing x64 and x86 builds and installations, and it would add at least a few hours onto the effort per release.