Is there any trick to adding manifest to Setupbbuilder

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Hello All,

I just added manifest to my app.

Do I need to any setup in Setupbuilder or just add manifest to the file
list.

Tony

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> I just added manifest to my app.
>
> Do I need to any setup in Setupbuilder or just add manifest to the file
> list.

Tony,

The method I use is to NOT add the manifest in Clarion.

If you want to see how the app appears during development, put the properly
named external manifest in the same folder as the app runs in after a
compile.

Then in the SetupBuilder script editor, let SetupBuilder apply the manifest
for you (see attached screen shots)

Put this in before the [ Create Folders ] script point.

NOTE:

If you are binding the app to a single processor, adding Armadillo
protection and code signing the apps, you need to pay attention and do them
in a specific order.

See attached screen shots.


Using SetupBuilder and an external manifest (during development) will give
you the best of both worlds.

You can see the app manifested during development (if you are on XP or
Vista) and SetupBuilder will apply a proper manifest during the process of
building the compiler.

HTH,

Charles

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Thank you Charles,

That clears up many questions for me.

Thanks
Tony

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Nice! This is how it would be nice to see examples in the doc (Friedrich!
<g>)

Peter

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Thanks for your clearifying screenshots.
I wonder about I have misunderstood something - I do not know much about
manifest details.
I have understood, that the setupbuilder #Embed Vista Manifest does PRODUCE
and embed a correct manifest.
It seems from you, that I have to make the manifest myself.

Whats the correct situation?

Edvard Korsbæk

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Edvard,

What Charles said is that you do NOT let Clarion (or whatever other
language) compile a manifest into your executable. Why? Because
SetupBuilder does it and embeds a Vista-aware manifest ;-)

HTH,

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> What Charles said is that you do NOT let Clarion (or whatever other
> language) compile a manifest into your executable. Why? Because
> SetupBuilder does it and embeds a Vista-aware manifest ;-)

Hi Edvard,

Friedrich is right of course!

The ONLY reason to use the "external" manifest is so that you can see what
effect the added manifest has to your app after you do a compile in
Clarion.

Having the external manifest in the development folder will allow Windows
to properly display the newly compiled app (without the manifest compiled
into it).

Then when you build your installer with SetupBuilder, and use the settings
shown in the screen shots, your final EXE will have a proper manifest
applied by SetupBuilder.

Does that make sense?

;-)

Charles




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www.ezround.com - "Round Corner HTML tables with matching Banners, Buttons
and Forms!"
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