Phoenix_64-bit_versus_32-bit

Phoenix 64-bit versus 32-bit version

Both the 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Phoenix, namely Phoenix and Phoenix32, are available to users with 64-bit operating systems. Users of 32-bit operating systems are unable to launch Phoenix as a 64-bit application. Any features not available in Phoenix 64-bit are available in the 32-bit version, on the same system.

Phoenix 64-bit has all the same features as Phoenix running in 32-bit, except for the specific differences outlined here. The following functionality descriptions refer only to the 64-bit version.

Executables: Executables that do not support 64-bit fail validation if the user tries to execute them. Users can still open, save, create and interact (limited in some cases) with all executables but are not able to execute them if not supported in 64-bit. These executables are: SigmaPlot and AP.

File I/O: Not all file formats supported in 32-bit are supported in 64-bit. Primarily due to COM interaction with legacy WNL components used to read the file formats. This is the case for importing files from the desktop as well as Certara Integral. (The exception is WNL 5 scenarios from PKS. Scenarios are well-formed workspaces that can be loaded without additional user intervention in a separate process space which is why they are supported.)

PWO, PMO, PTO, PCO, BQL, TDF, XML, LML, CMD, IVC, MAP

WNL workspaces (WSP, PWS)

ODBC Import

In the case of the legacy files the user is given a warning that the file format is not supported in 64-bit. For ODBC, the menu options are not displayed to the user. To import these legacy files, run Phoenix32.exe to import the data and save the project. The saved project can then be loaded into 64-bit Phoenix.

Compatibility notes:

Projects created in the 32-bit or 64-bit versions of the application work in both versions.

JMS/RMS work with Phoenix regardless of the bit level of the server or client components (e.g., 32-bit Phoenix can communicate with 64-bit JMS/RMS; 64-bit Phoenix can communicate with 32-bit JMS/RMS.

Certara Integral works with both versions of Phoenix.

The JMS queue and job processor components (queue: JQS, job processor: JPS) support 32 and 64-bit versions. The AnyCPU versions are the default.

If a user or admin needs to use the 32-bit versions of JQS or JPS they are also installed as jqs32.exe and jps32.exe. To use the 32-bit versions the services must be stopped and the 32-bit versions must be renamed to jqs.exe and jps.exe respectively.