xlsgen > overview > 64-bit build

Our 64-bit package available for download includes native 64-bit versions of core xlsgen components.

These are produced by a 64-bit compiler and are therefore suited for 64-bit development and deployment.

These are necessary on a 64-bit operating system running a 64-bit application. An example of such 64-bit operating system and 64-bit application is Microsoft's IIS web server (ASP or ASP.NET hosted most likely).

The install folder contains the following files :

• xlsgen.dll, (core)
• xlsgen_jproxy.dll, (java proxy to be used in conjunction with 64-bit java.exe from Sun Oracle)
• xlscodegen.exe, the 64-bit version of the automatic source code generator
• registerCOM.bat, a script for manually registering xlsgen as a COM component. Right-click on it and choose Run as administrator.

Is a COM registration needed? Yes, it is performed by the installer automatically so there is nothing to do. You can always open-up a command line window and type regsvr32 <path>\xlsgen.dll and hit return. If you are running Windows 7 or Windows 8 or any version of Windows where the user does not run as an administrator, you may have to use our registerCOM.bat script instead, right-click and choose Run as administrator.

Why the native 64-bit build is worth having?

1. Runs direct, not through the WOW64 layer, which improves speed
2. The dll needs not marshall method calls back and forth, unlike our isolated server, which improves speed
3. The dll allows effective use of the 64-bit memory bandwidth, a big difference with the 2GB limit of the 32-bit world
4. More convenient activation (than the isolated server), results in easier deployments as well

All scenarios that you can run on 32-bit can be run on 64-bit, and vice versa.