OpenROAD on Windows 2016

[Martin.B...@hse.gov.uk]

All,

 

Recently there was a question about OpenROAD being certified for Windows 2016.  The response; from Cristian Ianculovici; was that only the 64-bit version of OpenROAD has been certified for use on Windows 2016.  I have a few follow-up questions:

 

·         Will our existing OpenROAD 6.2 images (built on Windows7 32-bit) run on Windows 2016 using the 64-bit version of OpenROAD?

·         We currently install Ingres/Net (32-bit) before installing OpenROAD.  Which bit-version will we need to install to use OpenROAD 64-bit?

·         We currently have a number of MS Word and Excel macros which make use of ODBC to connect to our database.  If we have to change to the 64-bit version of Ingres/Net, will these still work?  Also for our existing 32-bit VB/C# .Net applications which use the Ingres .Net Data Provider; will these require any changing / re-building?

 

Many thanks in advance for replies.

 

Martin Bloomfield
Application Developer & Database Administrator
Information Systems Development
Information, Technology and Facilities
Health and Safety Executive
YORK

 

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[Bodo Bergmann]

Hi Martin,

 

Here are the answers to your questions:

 

Q: Will our existing OpenROAD 6.2 images (built on Windows7 32-bit) run on Windows 2016 using the 64-bit version of OpenROAD?

A: Well, it depends. The images are binary compatible, so the 4GL components will work.

     But if you are using 3GL procedures (in DLLs) and External Class Libraries, they will require to be 64-bit versions as well.

 

Q: We currently install Ingres/Net (32-bit) before installing OpenROAD.  Which bit-version will we need to install to use OpenROAD 64-bit?

A: Exactly, 64-bit OpenROAD installs into a 64-bit Ingres installation.

Q: We currently have a number of MS Word and Excel macros which make use of ODBC to connect to our database.  If we have to change to the 64-bit version of Ingres/Net, will these still work?  Also for our existing 32-bit VB/C# .Net applications which use the Ingres .Net Data Provider; will these require any changing / re-building?

A: Using a 64-bit ODBC DataSource should work  for the ODBC connection – but you might have to use a 64-bit Excel/Word.
   The .NET applications might have to be rebuilt in 64-bit mode (if they had been built specifically for 32-bit) –
   AFAIK, the Ingres .NET  Data Provider supports both 32-bit and 64-bit.

 

HTH.

Best regards,

Bodo.

 

Bodo Bergmann

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