Vista - Creating Assembly Manifest.. Need help

I'm using using VS 2008 and created manifest file using add new item and selected Application manifest File and following issue
1. I've added manifest file the web service project but Project/Properties/Application/Resources/Icon and Manifest option is disabled. How can I specify manifest file in project setting?
2. Default manifest file doesn't have any entry. Do I have to manually put
all the dependencies and dll's or is there anyway to generate automatically from the project?

Thanks!!

Hello Vin,

Thanks for using Microsoft Newsgroup Support Service, my name is Colbert
Zhou [MSFT] and I will be working on this issue with you.

I can reproduce the issue. After adding manifest, the Manifest option in
the project property page is disabled. Unfortunately, the issue we are
facing is a by design behavior. The product team considers this requirement
before. But for most class libraries do not need manifest files. The Visual
Studio product team makes the Manifest option enabled, only when the output
type is Windows Application or Console Application. If we are working with
the Web Application or Web Service Application, the output type can only be
Class Library.

For your second question, the provided Application Manifest File is just a
template. We need manually insert these dependency dlls or add any other
custom sections.

I am sorry if the by design behavior takes any inconvenience for you.
However, may I suggest the following workaround?

Actually, we still can use the Windows SDK tool mt.exe to embed the
manifest into a .NET class library dll. To do this task automatically, we
can put the command line in the Web Service project's post build event. The
followings are some document reference regarding to this topics. Hope you
will be interesting in them,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375649.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...w4(VS.80).aspx
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualS...k.aspx?Feedbac
kID=290366

Please let me know if the information addresses your concern. And if you
have any future feedbacks or suggestions, you are very welcome to post and
share your valuable opinions here. I will try my best to provide future
assistances. Have a nice day!


Best regards,
Colbert Zhou (colbertz @online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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Hello Vin,

I am writing to check the status of the issue on your side. Could you
please let me know if the suggestion works for you or not? If you have any
questions or concerns, please feel free to let me know. I will be more than
happy to be of assistance.

Have a great day!

Best regards,
Colbert Zhou (colbert@xxxxxx, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support
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