Move manifest file to dll?

Question

I\'m using a third party component in my application that is distributed either as a COM component, or can be referenced using a .manifest file. Either way it is loaded usin

Answer 1

You can put the manifest in the DLL, but it may not be activated automatically. You may need to do that manually using the activation context API. I think a lot depends on what the manifest is being used for. I suspect you are trying to use registration free COM, but that's only a guess.

Anyway, these links may well be useful to you:

• RT_MANIFEST resource, and ISOLATION_AWARE_ENABLED (Junfeng Zhang)
• Isolating Components (MSDN)