Stewart Gordon wrote:
Indeed, I drove myself mad trying to find out how to make it work, and
eventually discovered keeping a .manifest file alongside the .exe. We
need more resources (NPI) teaching how to do it the tidier way.
In your .rc file (which more or less all WIN32 GUI apps needs anyway)
write in a line like:
CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST "manifest.xml"
*** In a separate file named: manifest.xml
<?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="Microsoft.Windows.Generic"
type="win32"
/>
<description>YourApplication</description>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
type="win32"
name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
version="6.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="X86"
publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
language="*"
/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>
Also to work, the executable flags of the .exe file has to specifiy
NT version 4.0 or higher as a requirement (probably default in most
compilers by now.)
Roald
