Perhaps that's one of the reasons they have didn't switch to 64 bits earlier? If the IDE is a 64 bit process it can only render external components at design ti

Perhaps that's one of the reasons they have didn't switch to 64 bits earlier? If the IDE is a 64 bit process it can only render external components at design time if they are 64 bits. To be able to render 32 bit components at design time they would need to be hosted in another 32 bit process. I can see how that feature would be complicated and expensive to develop.