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Add application manifest to a win32 application in eclipse

How do I add an application manifest to a Win32 application being developed in Eclipse ? I want to add a manifest in order to use version 6 of Comctl32.dll which, according to this article is necessary to create form controls with a Windows XP visual style. I'm using MingW32 toolchain with eclipse.

Solution

  • To answer my own question: Add CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST "YourApp.exe.manifest" to the .rc file before you compile it with MinGW resource compiler, windres