64-bit and 32-bit IDE Features
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The following tables provide a comparison of the key features between 32-bit and 64-bit IDE.
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Code editing |
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VCL form design |
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FMX form design |
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General IDE features (docked windows like Projects, Structure, Palette, Messages, Data Explorer, LiveBindings) |
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DelphiLSP |
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Visual Assist |
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GetIt |
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VCL app |
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FMX app |
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DLL |
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Package |
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Package - designtime component |
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Static library (C++, not a Delphi feature) |
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Advanced project types (RAD Server, Web) |
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VCL and FMX apps, package, DLL, console app, data module, DataSnap REST & Server & WebBroker, RAD Server package, SOAP server app, web server app, Windows Service & SDI app & MDI app, plus individual files, present. |
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Win64 compiler |
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Delphi Code Insight |
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Navigations |
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Refactorings, Formatting |
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Other Modeling Features (eg, metrics) |
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| Delphi Debugger | 32-bit IDE | 64-bit IDE |
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Win64 debugger (old, DBK) |
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Process control: run, step over, step into, etc. |
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Evaluate/Modify, Watches |
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Call stack |
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Local variables |
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Breakpoints |
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Disassembly view |
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Threads view |
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Visualisers |
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| Debugger: Evaluation & Other Features | 32-bit IDE | 64-bit IDE |
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Breakpoints |
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Local variable evaluation |
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Local variables from outer scopes for nested procedures |
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Global variables |
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Generics |
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Variants |
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String literal assignments |
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TDateTime and Currency assignment |
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Range/overflow checking |
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Numeric constants |
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Un-typed numeric constants (e.g., ‘const Pi = 3.14’ are not supported, whereas fully typed ‘const Pi: Double = 3.14’ is fine). |
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Live ranges for a variable (e.g., ‘for var i…’ where i is valid only for the duration of the for loop) |
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Add a variable to the Watches view |
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Expression evaluation in Evaluate/Modify and in a Watch |
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Specific Delphi language features:
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Modules view |
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Debugging projects |
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Special: cross-language debugging (eg, step from C++ into Delphi, and back) |
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Remote debugging |
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Debugger general |
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Modern Win64 compiler |
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Win64 debugger |
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Small editor features (eg, brace highlighting) |
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Visual Assist |
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Code completion |
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Refactorings |
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Navigations |
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| Database | 32-bit IDE | 64-bit IDE |
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Database support (general) |
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32-bit database drivers |
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FireDAC |
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dbExpress |
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Datasnap |
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| Platforms (can build apps targeting) | 32-bit IDE | 64-bit IDE |
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Win64 (Delphi) |
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Win64 (C++, Modern) |
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Win64 (C++, legacy) |
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Win32 |
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Linux x64 |
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iOS |
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Android |
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| Components | 32-bit IDE | 64-bit IDE |
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VCL |
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FMX |
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Misc (non-visual) |
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ToolsAPI support |
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C++ sample components |
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Shipped as source (samples). |
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IDE loads Delphi component / ToolsAPI packages |
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IDE loads C++ component / ToolsAPI packages |
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Note:
It may see occasional unpredictable instability due to mismatch in memory manager. Caution recommended. |
| Modeling features | 32-bit IDE | 64-bit IDE |
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Modeling |
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Delphi refactoring |
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Audits/metrics/related |
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LiveBindings editor |
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msbuild |
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| Miscellaneous features | 32-bit IDE | 64-bit IDE |
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Code templates (Ctrl+J) |
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Todo |
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Additional Tools (Bitmap Style Designer, FireDAC Monitor & Explorer, License Manager, REST Debugger, XML Mapper, RAD Server Console) |
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Note:
These are external files to the IDE and are often 32-bit binaries. IDE 64 allows them to run as normal. |
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Source control |
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