Re: Manifest file as a custom resource.

"Steve Easton" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: If I'm going to do that I just might as well distribute the manifest
: file. I want to call it from a resource that's compiled within the
: executable.

I toyed around with this before in the past. I currently cannot break
out of the Classic Theme to test things out. I think I deleted all the
extra themes to recover some disk space.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="X86" name="appname" type="win32" />
<description>Manifest for appname.exe</description>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
version="6.0.0.0" processorArchitecture="X86" publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df" language="*" />
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>

From what I recall...

(1)
appname in the manifest above needs to get changed to the
name of the application.

(2)
When inserting that as a custom resource, I believe you need
to make it the FIRST resource id in the file (something like 101).

I can't test things out at this moment, so I'll await your reply to
let me know if you get it working.

I also believe that the system must be in another Theme other
than the Classic theme in order for any manifest to work, but
await some extra confirmation from others before taking it as
a factual statement.

Let us know if this helps out at all.

--
Jim Carlock
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