64 bit conversion - Software Programming (C/C++)

Here are the bullet points for the 64-bit project. • Need to create a Visual Studio 2008 development environment to compile 64-bit applications. • Our NTS (Network Telephony Service) is a distributed application whose components run as a series of Windows services and may run on several computers. The NTS applications use socket communications and a custom packet protocol. The NTS Visual Studio solution currently only builds 32-bit applications. The Visual Studio 2008 solution that builds NTS contains well over 100 projects. Only a few of the solution projects need to be converted to 64-bit code. Some of the projects are common to all NTS applications. • The first application that needs be converted is a telephony application that uses Pika Technologies hardware. The NTS Telephony Service has been rewritten to support a new HMP board and compiled in 32-bit but now needs to be converted to 64-bit to be able to run on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows Server 2008 SP2 64-bit. • SDK and documentation used for Pika HMP integration: [login to view URL] • ACE (Adaptive Communication Environment), a third party open source library is used to control threading. ACE SSL libraries are used to handle socket communication. • The conversion process will require an in-depth understanding of Visual Studio 2008. • A thorough knowledge of threading will help in converting the 3rd party ACE library and debugging. • A sound understanding of networking and socket communications will be required to convert and debug the 3rd party ACE SSL libraries.