Re: C# and native resources

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"Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP]" <cpdaniel_remove_this_and_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e4gEk6obIHA.5900@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Problem: C# 2.0 doesn't imbed a UAC manifest in the EXE files that it produces.
Problem: The suggested solution on MSDN is unworkable (manually opening the EXE using VS as a resource editor and inserting the manifet resource).
Problem: Changing the C# project to explicitly link a .RES file suppresses the generation of the native VS_VERSIONINFO resource by the C# compiler.

All in all, MS made it harder than necessary to produce a Vista-compliant EXE from C# 2.0.

So how have people solved this problem?

It seems like some kind of command-line tool to insert the manifest resource after the fact would be a good solution - there are a variety of such tools on that market, all of which seem overpriced for such a simple task.

Any free tools out there that can insert a manifest resource into an existing EXE?

-cd




Carl, the Windows SDK comes with a tool called the "Microsoft (R) Manifest Tool" the PE file is: mt.exe.

You can use this tool to embed a manifest in a post build step in VS2005.
VS2008 supports this by default, see the project settings.

Willy.


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