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Gor Gyolchanyan (6/6) May 15 2012 Can anyone, please, tell me what these manifests are, where do they fit ...

Kagamin (5/5) May 15 2012 Manifests are extensible resources, they are used for various

Gor Gyolchanyan (6/10) May 15 2012 Thanks for the reply! How do I include such a manifest to my DMD-built

Denis Shelomovskij (9/21) May 15 2012 An example of my own preferred configuration:

Gor Gyolchanyan (14/40) May 15 2012 Thanks!

Denis Shelomovskij (6/11) May 15 2012 Looks like you didn't change `/i"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio

Gor Gyolchanyan (9/21) May 15 2012 Thanks a lot! I'll look into it!

Andrej Mitrovic (15/16) May 15 2012 You use a resource file to load a manifest into the executable. There

Mehrdad (28/31) May 15 2012 Just FYI, you don't actually *need* to include manifests in your

Gor Gyolchanyan (6/38) May 16 2012 So, this function basically does... uhh.... I have no idea. :-D

Mehrdad (3/5) May 16 2012 Uh, it enableVisualStyles().

Gor Gyolchanyan (5/11) May 16 2012 --

Gor Gyolchanyan <gor.f.gyolchanyan gmail.com> writes:

Can anyone, please, tell me what these manifests are, where do they fit in
my application binaries, why is one needed to get the pretty windows 7
buttons and how to use them with DMD?

-- 
Bye,
Gor Gyolchanyan.

May 15 2012

"Kagamin" <spam here.lot> writes:

Manifests are extensible resources, they are used for various 
things which require storing metadata in executable modules, for 
example they're used to load version 6 of comctl32.dll instead of 
version 5 (pre-XP), thus getting different set of common 
controls, which support ux themes.

May 15 2012

Gor Gyolchanyan <gor.f.gyolchanyan gmail.com> writes:

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Kagamin <spam here.lot> wrote:

 Manifests are extensible resources, they are used for various things which
 require storing metadata in executable modules, for example they're used to
 load version 6 of comctl32.dll instead of version 5 (pre-XP), thus getting
 different set of common controls, which support ux themes.

Thanks for the reply! How do I include such a manifest to my DMD-built
executable?

-- 
Bye,
Gor Gyolchanyan.

May 15 2012

Denis Shelomovskij <verylonglogin.reg gmail.com> writes:

15.05.2012 20:16, Gor Gyolchanyan написал:
 On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Kagamin <spam here.lot
 <mailto:spam here.lot>> wrote:

     Manifests are extensible resources, they are used for various things
     which require storing metadata in executable modules, for example
     they're used to load version 6 of comctl32.dll instead of version 5
     (pre-XP), thus getting different set of common controls, which
     support ux themes.


 Thanks for the reply! How do I include such a manifest to my DMD-built
 executable?

 --
 Bye,
 Gor Gyolchanyan.

An example of my own preferred configuration:
http://deoma-cmd.ru/files/other/DWinResExample.7z

Everything in common folder is really common.

`requestedExecutionLevel` should be also defined in manifest or Windows 
6.x's UAC will use heuristics to choose required privilege level.

-- 
Денис В. Шеломовский
Denis V. Shelomovskij

May 15 2012

Gor Gyolchanyan <gor.f.gyolchanyan gmail.com> writes:

Thanks!
It doesn't compile. After I fixed the path to the Windows SDK, I got the
error: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Include\SpecStrings.h(11) : fatal error RC1015: cannot
open include file 'sal.h'

But what do windows resources have to do with the manifests?

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Denis Shelomovskij <
verylonglogin.reg gmail.com> wrote:

 15.05.2012 20:16, Gor Gyolchanyan =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=

=BB:
 On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Kagamin <spam here.lot
 <mailto:spam here.lot>> wrote:

    Manifests are extensible resources, they are used for various things
    which require storing metadata in executable modules, for example
    they're used to load version 6 of comctl32.dll instead of version 5
    (pre-XP), thus getting different set of common controls, which
    support ux themes.


 Thanks for the reply! How do I include such a manifest to my DMD-built
 executable?

 --
 Bye,
 Gor Gyolchanyan.

 An example of my own preferred configuration:
 http://deoma-cmd.ru/files/**other/DWinResExample.7z<http://deoma-cmd.ru/f=

iles/other/DWinResExample.7z>
 Everything in common folder is really common.

 `requestedExecutionLevel` should be also defined in manifest or Windows
 6.x's UAC will use heuristics to choose required privilege level.

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 =D0=94=D0=B5=D0=BD=D0=B8=D1=81 =D0=92. =D0=A8=D0=B5=D0=BB=D0=BE=D0=BC=D0=

=BE=D0=B2=D1=81=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9
 Denis V. Shelomovskij



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Bye,
Gor Gyolchanyan.

May 15 2012

Denis Shelomovskij <verylonglogin.reg gmail.com> writes:

15.05.2012 22:08, Gor Gyolchanyan написал:
 Thanks!
 It doesn't compile. After I fixed the path to the Windows SDK, I got the
 error: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
 SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Include\SpecStrings.h(11) : fatal error RC1015:
 cannot open include file 'sal.h'

Looks like you didn't change `/i"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 
9.0\VC\include"` to your path (sal.h is there) or you hasn't it installed.

-- 
Денис В. Шеломовский
Denis V. Shelomovskij

May 15 2012

Gor Gyolchanyan <gor.f.gyolchanyan gmail.com> writes:

Thanks a lot! I'll look into it!

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Denis Shelomovskij <
verylonglogin.reg gmail.com> wrote:

 15.05.2012 22:08, Gor Gyolchanyan =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=

=BB:
  Thanks!
 It doesn't compile. After I fixed the path to the Windows SDK, I got the
 error: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
 SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Include\**SpecStrings.h(11) : fatal error RC1015:
 cannot open include file 'sal.h'

 Looks like you didn't change `/i"%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio
 9.0\VC\include"` to your path (sal.h is there) or you hasn't it installed=

.
 --
 =D0=94=D0=B5=D0=BD=D0=B8=D1=81 =D0=92. =D0=A8=D0=B5=D0=BB=D0=BE=D0=BC=D0=

=BE=D0=B2=D1=81=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9
 Denis V. Shelomovskij



--=20
Bye,
Gor Gyolchanyan.

May 15 2012

Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> writes:

On 5/15/12, Gor Gyolchanyan <gor.f.gyolchanyan gmail.com> wrote:
 But what do windows resources have to do with the manifests?

You use a resource file to load a manifest into the executable. There
are a couple of examples here:

https://github.com/AndrejMitrovic/DWinProgramming/tree/master/Samples/Extra/VisualStyles
https://github.com/AndrejMitrovic/DWinProgramming/tree/master/Samples/Extra/VisualStyles2
https://github.com/AndrejMitrovic/DWinProgramming/tree/master/Samples/Extra/ThemedSimpleWakeUp
https://github.com/AndrejMitrovic/DWinProgramming/tree/master/Samples/Extra/ThemedWakeUp

enable-theme.xml is the manifest, and resource.rc just references this
xml file. The resource file is compiled into a .res file, and this
file is then passed directly to DMD.

For your own purposes try to just take the .rc/.res/.xml files, pass
.res to dmd when compiling your app and see if the visual styles work
for you.

The last example loads the manifest dynamically, based on a sample
from the DFL library.

May 15 2012

"Mehrdad" <wfunction hotmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at 14:03:47 UTC, Gor Gyolchanyan wrote:
 Can anyone, please, tell me what these manifests are, where do 
 they fit in my application binaries, why is one needed to get 
 the pretty windows 7 buttons and how to use them with DMD?

Just FYI, you don't actually *need* to include manifests in your 
executable, if you know another DLL already has them.

Here's a hack to show what I mean, for enabling visual styles:

void enableVisualStyles()
{
	TCHAR[MAX_PATH] dir;
	dir[GetSystemDirectory(dir.ptr, dir.length)] = '\0';
	enum
	{
		ACTCTX_FLAG_ASSEMBLY_DIRECTORY_VALID = 0x00000004,
		ACTCTX_FLAG_RESOURCE_NAME_VALID = 0x00000008,
		ACTCTX_FLAG_SET_PROCESS_DEFAULT = 0x00000010,
	}
	auto actCtx = ACTCTX(ACTCTX.sizeof,
		ACTCTX_FLAG_RESOURCE_NAME_VALID	|
		ACTCTX_FLAG_SET_PROCESS_DEFAULT	|
		ACTCTX_FLAG_ASSEMBLY_DIRECTORY_VALID,
		"shell32.dll", PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL,
		0, dir.ptr, MAKEINTRESOURCE(124), null, null);
	auto hActCtx = CreateActCtx(actCtx);
	assert(hActCtx != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE);
	ULONG_PTR ulpActivationCookie;
	BOOL success = ActivateActCtx(hActCtx, ulpActivationCookie);
	assert(success);
}

Basically, since shell32.dll already has our manifest, I can just 
call this function instead. :-)

May 15 2012

Gor Gyolchanyan <gor.f.gyolchanyan gmail.com> writes:

So, this function basically does... uhh.... I have no idea. :-D
What exactly does it do again?

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Mehrdad <wfunction hotmail.com> wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at 14:03:47 UTC, Gor Gyolchanyan wrote:

 Can anyone, please, tell me what these manifests are, where do they fit
 in my application binaries, why is one needed to get the pretty windows 7
 buttons and how to use them with DMD?

 Just FYI, you don't actually *need* to include manifests in your
 executable, if you know another DLL already has them.

 Here's a hack to show what I mean, for enabling visual styles:

 void enableVisualStyles()
 {
        TCHAR[MAX_PATH] dir;
        dir[GetSystemDirectory(dir.**ptr, dir.length)] = '\0';
        enum
        {
                ACTCTX_FLAG_ASSEMBLY_**DIRECTORY_VALID = 0x00000004,
                ACTCTX_FLAG_RESOURCE_NAME_**VALID = 0x00000008,
                ACTCTX_FLAG_SET_PROCESS_**DEFAULT = 0x00000010,
        }
        auto actCtx = ACTCTX(ACTCTX.sizeof,
                ACTCTX_FLAG_RESOURCE_NAME_**VALID |
                ACTCTX_FLAG_SET_PROCESS_**DEFAULT |
                ACTCTX_FLAG_ASSEMBLY_**DIRECTORY_VALID,
                "shell32.dll", PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_INTEL,
                0, dir.ptr, MAKEINTRESOURCE(124), null, null);
        auto hActCtx = CreateActCtx(actCtx);
        assert(hActCtx != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE);
        ULONG_PTR ulpActivationCookie;
        BOOL success = ActivateActCtx(hActCtx, ulpActivationCookie);
        assert(success);
 }

 Basically, since shell32.dll already has our manifest, I can just call
 this function instead. :-)



-- 
Bye,
Gor Gyolchanyan.

May 16 2012

"Mehrdad" <wfunction hotmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 16 May 2012 at 08:16:20 UTC, Gor Gyolchanyan wrote:
 So, this function basically does... uhh.... I have no idea. :-D
 What exactly does it do again?


Uh, it enableVisualStyles().
Without a manifest. :P

May 16 2012

Gor Gyolchanyan <gor.f.gyolchanyan gmail.com> writes:

That is beyond cool! Thank you very much!!!

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 1:39 PM, Mehrdad <wfunction hotmail.com> wrote:

 On Wednesday, 16 May 2012 at 08:16:20 UTC, Gor Gyolchanyan wrote:

 So, this function basically does... uhh.... I have no idea. :-D
 What exactly does it do again?


 Uh, it enableVisualStyles().
 Without a manifest. :P



-- 
Bye,
Gor Gyolchanyan.

May 16 2012

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