elevate to admin in Vista

[ADO DOT NET]

Hi,

I want to get the prompt to elevate to admin in Vista for my application written in VB6.

I found a tutorial here:

http://www.xtremedotnettalk.com/showthread.php?t=98234

But it's only valid for VB.NET, how should I do the same in VB 6?

Thanks :)

[PlausiblyDamp]

Not tried this but you should be able to compile a valid manifest (like the one in the linked article) to a .res file with the rc.exe utility. You would need to generate a .rc file that refers to the manifest.

 

Firstly create a file call .rc

#define CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID 1
#define RT_MANIFEST                     24

CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST ".manifest"

Then compile it with the following command line

RC.EXE /r /fo .res .rc

 

You can then add the resulting .res file to you VB6 project. Haven't tried it (no VB6 handy) but I've used a similar trick in the past to build custom resource files for VB6 and it has worked fine....

[ADO DOT NET]

Hi again :)

Many thanks for your help, yes I am familiar with the rest of process, but because I have to enable visual styles also, I got a problem, here is my manifest file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
 <assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0"
    processorArchitecture="X86"
    name="company.file.exe"
    type="win32"/>

 <description>My Software.</description>
 <dependency>
   <dependentAssembly>
     <assemblyIdentity processorArchitecture="X86"
         name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
         type="win32"
         language="*"
         publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"/>
   </dependentAssembly>
 </dependency>

 <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
   <security>
     <requestedPrivileges>
       <requestedExecutionLevel
         level="requireAdministrator"
         uiAccess="false"/>
       </requestedPrivileges>
      </security>
 </trustInfo>
</assembly>

And here is my rc file:

#define CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID 1
#define RT_MANIFEST                     24
#define CONTROL_PANEL_RESOURCE_ID       123

CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST             "file.exe.manifest"

But after compile and run I got this error:

 

The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail.

 

It was working correctly when I was only enabling visual styles, but not now, I think the problem is from manifest!

[PlausiblyDamp]

Does the event log give any more information?

 

Other than that does the version of the .exe match with the version number in the manifest?