I have been receiving many inquiries over the last few months regarding running MapGuide Server and Studio on 64bit OSs. Now unfortunately, MapGuide (Server and Studio) do NOT support 64 bit OSs at this time, so when an attempt is made to install Studio on 64bit, the installer essentially fails with a message that “Studio is a 32bit application”.
Well apparently there is a way to hack the installation procedure for Studio, and this involves a command called ‘CORFLAGS” which is part of the .Net SDK.
Solution details below are care of the Autodesk Services and Support site:
Note: This solution is unsupported and untested. It is intended only as a reference.
To install MapGuide Studio on a 64-bit operating system
- Run the MapGuide Studio MSI file directly from the installation media.
- Open a Command Shell from C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\MapGuideStudio2009.
- On the command line, enter CorFlags Studio.exe /32BIT+
The CorFlags command is from the Visual Studio.NET SDK. Using it with the switch /32BIT+ will force MapGuide Studio to run in 32-bit mode on a 64-bit operating system. However, you will not be able to use all of the addressable memory available on a 64-bit operating system.
Note: MapGuide Studio has only been tested on 32-bit systems and is only supported in those environments.
Until next time
Take care,
Warren M
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