Attaching or embedding manifest files – PB Docs 2017

If you want to deploy an application to the Windows Vista
operating system that meets the certification requirements of the
Windows Vista Logo program, you must follow User Account Control (UAC)
guidelines. The executable file must have an embedded manifest that
defines the execution level and specifies whether access to the user
interface of another window is required. The Vista Application
Information Service (AIS) checks the manifest file to determine the
privileges with which to launch the process. Use the Security tab page
in the Project painter to specify these properties.

Generate options

Select Embedded manifest if your application needs to be certified
for Vista. A manifest file with the execution level you select is
embedded in the application’s executable file.

You can also select External manifest to generate a standalone
manifest file in XML format that you ship with your application’s
executable file, or No manifest if you do not need to distribute a
manifest file.

Execution level

Select As Invoker if the application does not need elevated or
administrative privileges. Selecting a different execution level will
probably require that you modify your application to isolate
administrative features in a separate process to receive Vista
certification.

Select Require Administrator if the application process must be
created by a member of the Administrators group. If the application user
does not start the process as an administrator, a message box displays
so that the user can enter the appropriate credentials.

Select Highest Available to have the AIS retrieve the highest
available access privileges for the user who starts the process.

UI access

If the application needs to drive input to higher privilege
windows on the desktop, such as an on-screen keyboard, select the “Allow
access to protected system UI” check box. For most applications you
should not select this check box. Microsoft provides this setting for
user interface Assistive Technology (Section 508) applications.