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Icetips Utilities Documentation
12/1/2010 Global Extension Template: Add Vista/Win7 Manifest to application |
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This template adds a Vista or Windows 7 compatible manifest to your application. This template should be used with all software that may be used on Vista or Windows 7 computers with User Access Control (UAC) enabled. For more information about UAC please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511445.aspx.
| Description | Description of the program. This is put into the <description> tag in the manifest file. |
| Requested Privileges | This can be one of 3 options: asInvoker, highestAvailable or requireAdministrator. For more information about each of those options please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756929.aspx |
| App... uiAccess | Normally this checkbox should not be checked. According to MSDN, this setting should only be used for user interface Assistive Technology applications. |
| Enable Win 7 compat... | This enables Windows 7 compatible manifest to be created. This should be checked for all applications that may be used on Windows 7. Currently it defaults to FALSE. |
| Supported OS | You can include compatibility setting for both Windows 7 and Vista. If your software will be used on a mix of operating systems, check both Windows 7 and Vista. For more information about compatibility mode, please see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd371711%28VS.85%29.aspx. |
Once you have added the template, you need to generate your application to create the .manifest file. When the .manifest file has been generated you need to add it to your project:
