Manifest == dud ?
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We just moved to Visual Studio 2005, and previously we were using a manifest file to make our vc6 apps look ala Windows Xp theme. 1. First of all, what the heck is this manifest file? Does it really do anything useful? 2. What is the correct way to use it for apps created in vc2005? 3. Is there any way to get menus to look half decent without integrating one of the xp-style menu implementations found here in CodeProject? Cheers and thanks! swine [b]yte your digital photos with [ae]phid [p]hotokeeper - www.aephid.com.
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We just moved to Visual Studio 2005, and previously we were using a manifest file to make our vc6 apps look ala Windows Xp theme. 1. First of all, what the heck is this manifest file? Does it really do anything useful? 2. What is the correct way to use it for apps created in vc2005? 3. Is there any way to get menus to look half decent without integrating one of the xp-style menu implementations found here in CodeProject? Cheers and thanks! swine [b]yte your digital photos with [ae]phid [p]hotokeeper - www.aephid.com.
1 - as well as turning themes on, it specifies which versions of dlls your app uses. 2 - in your linker properties, you can get a manifest auto generated and embedded in your app 3 - Themes don't really do much for menus, they certainly don't add stuff like icons, which you could get from a library like Ultimate Toolbox, or possibly from samples on CP. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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1 - as well as turning themes on, it specifies which versions of dlls your app uses. 2 - in your linker properties, you can get a manifest auto generated and embedded in your app 3 - Themes don't really do much for menus, they certainly don't add stuff like icons, which you could get from a library like Ultimate Toolbox, or possibly from samples on CP. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Christian Graus wrote:
1 - as well as turning themes on, it specifies which versions of dlls your app uses. 2 - in your linker properties, you can get a manifest auto generated and embedded in your app
Christian, have any links for dealing with distrusting apps created in VS2005? Something like "Here dummy, it takes two minutes to set your app up for distribution"? Any help is apprecated. Thank You
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1 - as well as turning themes on, it specifies which versions of dlls your app uses. 2 - in your linker properties, you can get a manifest auto generated and embedded in your app 3 - Themes don't really do much for menus, they certainly don't add stuff like icons, which you could get from a library like Ultimate Toolbox, or possibly from samples on CP. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Ok so i have my manifest file being generated to "$(IntDir)\$(TargetFileName).intermediate.manifest". How do I enable the themes? I imported this project from vc6, so it doesn't have it on by default. Thanks swine [b]yte your digital photos with [ae]phid [p]hotokeeper - www.aephid.com.