the 64-bit one). If anyone wants to try it and contribute the updated
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> I had recently to switch my installation of QuantLib from 32 to 64 bit and I
> encountered several problems (that I finally solved). I would like to share
> my experience and also know if there are better solutions than mine. I used
> Visual C++ 2010 Express and the SDK 7.1 (for the 64 bit compiler).
>
>
>
> First of all, I had to reinstall boost by myself in 64 bit. Indeed, the 64
> bit installer released recently by boostpro was causing a link error, like
>
>
>
> libboost_unit_test_framework-vc100-mt-1_51.lib(unit_test_suite.obj) : fatal
> error LNK1112: module machine type 'X86' conflicts with target machine type
> 'x64'
>
>
>
> I could confirm that this was the source of the problem by inspecting the
> lib with the dumpbin utility.
>
>
>
> Once boost was installed, I followed the guide for the installation excepted
> for the following points:
>
> - I used a x64 platform in the Property page of the projects
>
> - I changed the Platform Toolset from vc100 to Windows7.1SDK in
> Configuration Properties -> General
>
> - Finally, there is a problem with the SDK (known, but Microsoft
> won’t fix) and I had to disable de browse information: I put No in
> Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> Browse Information - > Enable Browse
> Information. Otherwise, I got complains about bscmake.exe
>
>
>
> Apart from a big bunch of warnings about conversions between size_t and int,
> everything runs smoothly and all the tests are successful.
>
>
>
> Let me know if you have different experiences and/or better solutions than
> the ones that I found!
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Samuel Quinodoz
>
>
>
>
>
>
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