Upgrading 32-bit custom software components
As of SDL Web 8, all of the product's services run as 64-bit components. If you have 32-bit custom components, you have several options to make them work with SDL Web 8.5.
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Procedure
- If you have 32-bit COM components that interact with the deprecated TOM API, do the following:
- If you have 32-bit .NET extension or 32-bit .NET Template Building Blocks, do one of the following:
- Recompile these items for a 64-bit architecture, or better yet, AnyCPU, and redeploy them. SDL recommends this option.
- If you cannot or will not follow the recommendation above, your .NET components can interact with the 32-bit TOM.NET API.
- If you use Oracle, install the 32-bit Oracle client you need to interact with the database you have, and configure it to connect to the Content Manager database.