64-Bit Windows

WinWrap® Basic is an embedded macro language component available for .NET and COM 32/64 bit Windows applications. The WinWrap® Basic Component is an alternative to Visual Basic for Applications VBA, ActiveX (e.g. VBScript, JScript, PerlScript, Rexx-based WSH engines and others), and VSTA for this purpose. The WinWrap® Basic Component is compatible with VBA, Sax Basic, VB.NET and Visual Basic 6.0 style scripts.

WinWrap® Basic has native 64-bit support and is fully compatible with Windows 64 bit operating systems.

Supports performance and reliability advantages of the 64-bit architecture
Allows applications to use extremely large in-memory datasets

64-Bit Processes Can Access 8 Terabytes of Processor Memory

WinWrap® Basic on Windows 64Bit

WinWrap® Basic has native 64-bit support
8 Terabytes memory available for 64-bit processes
WinWrap® Basic runs in a native 64 bit process as ActiveX, WinForm component, or DLL
Can load 64-bit DLLs

Extremely Large Data-Sets Fit Entirely into Memory

Up to 8 Terabytes memory available on Windows 64 Bit Operating Systems
Better memory management and performance
Fast access to very large in-memory data sets
Huge speed improvements for applications with large memory requirements
Remove memory limitations on database memory cache
Huge memory space for large datasets

Runs Native 64 Bit Application

32-bit applications cannot take advantage of the large 64-bit memory space
32-bit processes cannot load 64-bit DLLs for execution
32-bit applications will fail to execute if WoW64 option is not installed
Compatible with WinWrap® Basic script compiler option

Windows Server 2008 WoW64 Option

The WoW64 Option is the 32-bit App Support Layer
Optional component that is not installed by default
System administrators can reduce OS resource usage by not installing WoW64
If not enabled 32-bit applications will fail to execute

WinWrap® Basic Version 10

Native 64-bit .NET WinForm component
Native 64-bit .NET DLL component
WWB.NET Language fully 64-bit enabled
Native 64-bit ActiveX component
Native 64-bit COM DLL component
WWB-COM Language fully 64-bit enabled

Create a Compiled Library with WinWrap® Basic Version 10 Compile Option

Speed up WWB.NET code by 100 times
Compile speed-critical WinWrap® Basic library projects
Utilize the full power of VB.NET code
Access application defined language extensions
Call compiled code directly from WWB.NET scripts
Call compiled code via delegates
Use any of thousands of .NET Framework Classes

The WinWrap® Basic WWB.NET Scripting Language Option Enables

Support for VB.NET style syntax
.NET Scripting for COM or .NET host applications
Access to the Microsoft .NET Framework
Access to 3rd Party .NET Code Assemblies
Editing and autocompletion for WWB.NET scripts
Debugging for WWB.NET scripts

Provide Users with a Complete Scripting Development Environment

Applications including the WinWrap® Basic BasicIdeCtl .NET or BasicIdeCtl ActiveX scripting runtime ship with a fully featured development environment including an editor and a debugger.

Full WinWrap® Basic script editing
Powerful autocompletion capability
Built-in documentation
Complete debugging capability
.NET scripting development environment plugin for Windows applications

The WinWrap® Basic software package is used in conjunction with Microsoft development tools including Visual Studio, Visual Studio.NET, Visual Studio Express, and ActiveX scripting engines. For COM, use WinWrap® Basic with Microsoft Visual Studio v6/2005/2008, Visual Basic v6, or other ActiveX scripting applications or ActiveX scripting DLLs.

Compare Sax Basic and WinWrap® Basic

Sax Basic win not run on Windows Server 2008 if optional WoW64 is not installed
Sax Basic is 32 Bit only
Sax Basic has only 4 GB memory available for 32-bit processes under WoW64
Sax Bsic can load only 32-bit DLLs

Sax Basic has only 32-bit support and will not run on Windows Server 2008 unless the optional WoW64 compatibility option has been installed by the server administrator.

Conversion from Sax Basic to WinWrap® Basic

32-bit only
Conversion from Sax Basic V7 is easy
The OCXs use different names and GUIDs
Both Sax ActiveX Scripting and WinWrap® Basic can be installed at the same time
The scripting languages are 100% compatible