[Learn Note]Assembly Manifest

1 What is Assembly Manifest

Every assembly, whether static or dynamic, contains a collection of data that describes how the elements in the assembly relate to each other. The assembly manifest contains this assembly metadata. An assembly manifest contains all the metadata needed to specify the assembly's version requirements and security identity, and all metadata needed to define the scope of the assembly and resolve references to resources and classes. The assembly manifest can be stored in either a PE file (an .exe or .dll) with Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code or in a standalone PE file that contains only assembly manifest information.

Read http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1w45z383.aspx for more information.

2 How to embed additional manifest in a c++ project within VS2010

In VS2010, you can embed an additional manifest file using the project's setting dialog.

Read http://blogs.msdn.com/b/zakramer/archive/2006/05/22/603558.aspx to know "How does VS 2005 Embed Native Manifest Files"

3 How to embed additional manifest in a C# project within VS2010

A C# project is a msbuild project, and the output module is created by the Microsoft.CSharp.targets.

<Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />

And in Microsoft.CSharp.targets, the manifest can be specified by the Win32Manifest varaiable.

<!-- Condition is to filter out the _CoreCompileResourceInputs so that it doesn't pass in culture resources to the compiler -->
       <Csc  Condition=" '%(_CoreCompileResourceInputs.WithCulture)' != 'true' "
             AdditionalLibPaths="$(AdditionalLibPaths)"
             AddModules="@(AddModules)"
             AllowUnsafeBlocks="$(AllowUnsafeBlocks)"
             ApplicationConfiguration="$(AppConfigForCompiler)"
             BaseAddress="$(BaseAddress)"
             CheckForOverflowUnderflow="$(CheckForOverflowUnderflow)"
             CodePage="$(CodePage)"
             DebugType="$(DebugType)"
             DefineConstants="$(DefineConstants)"
             DelaySign="$(DelaySign)"
             DisabledWarnings="$(NoWarn)"
             DocumentationFile="@(DocFileItem)"
             EmitDebugInformation="$(DebugSymbols)"
             ErrorReport="$(ErrorReport)"
             FileAlignment="$(FileAlignment)"
             GenerateFullPaths="$(GenerateFullPaths)"
             KeyContainer="$(KeyContainerName)"
             KeyFile="$(KeyOriginatorFile)"
             LangVersion="$(LangVersion)"
             MainEntryPoint="$(StartupObject)"
             ModuleAssemblyName="$(ModuleAssemblyName)"
             NoConfig="true"
             NoLogo="$(NoLogo)"
             NoStandardLib="$(NoCompilerStandardLib)"
             NoWin32Manifest="$(NoWin32Manifest)"
             Optimize="$(Optimize)"
             OutputAssembly="@(IntermediateAssembly)"
             PdbFile="$(PdbFile)" 
             Platform="$(PlatformTarget)"
             References="@(ReferencePath)"
             Resources="@(_CoreCompileResourceInputs);@(CompiledLicenseFile)"
             ResponseFiles="$(CompilerResponseFile)"
             Sources="@(Compile)"
             TargetType="$(OutputType)"
             ToolExe="$(CscToolExe)"
             ToolPath="$(CscToolPath)"
             TreatWarningsAsErrors="$(TreatWarningsAsErrors)"
             UseHostCompilerIfAvailable="$(UseHostCompilerIfAvailable)"
             Utf8Output="$(Utf8Output)"
             WarningLevel="$(WarningLevel)"
             WarningsAsErrors="$(WarningsAsErrors)"
             WarningsNotAsErrors="$(WarningsNotAsErrors)"
             Win32Icon="$(ApplicationIcon)"
             Win32Manifest="$(Win32Manifest)"
             Win32Resource="$(Win32Resource)"
             />

So to specify the manifest file, I change the project file as this:

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Post by: Jalen Wang (转载请注明出处)