Manifest file in VS2005

Hi All,

I has just finished the conversion of a VC6 project to VS2005, I would like to know which is the goal of a file manifest.

Can I disable this file without problems?

Thanks in advance

Select [Project] - [Properties...] - [Configuration Properties] - [Linker] - [Manifest File], set [Generate Manifest] to No.

The manifest contains all the metadata that describes an assembly and its modules. The following is the information contained in the manifest file.

Contents
contains information about the external types and resources exposed by the assembly in two metadata tables: ExportedType and ManifestResource.

Custom attributes
contained in the CustomAttribute metadata table, this has information that compilers use.

Dependencies
contained in three metadata tables: AssemblyRef, File and ModuleRef
Assemblies referenced by this assembly
Modules contained within this assembly

Identity
contains the following information about the assembly in two metadata tables: Module and Assembly

Name

Version number

Culture (optional) if the assembly contains localized resources

Language

Processor architecture
Public key (optional) if the assembly is strongly named

Type
Requested permissions
contains information about the permissions for the assembly. If specific permissions exist for classes and methods within the assembly, this information is also contained here, in the metadata table DeclSecurity.

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Originally Posted by albastroiu

Hi All,

I has just finished the conversion of a VC6 project to VS2005, I would like to know which is the goal of a file manifest.

Can I disable this file without problems?

Thanks in advance

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Here is an FAQ about manifests.