Hi,
Today I have been investigated this for a bit.
As it turns out VFP will embed a manifest file into the build exe.
This got me baffled for a while as I wasn't understanding why windows kept on ignoring any and all manifest files I put next to the exe file. It wasn't until I used ResourceHacker (see https://angusj.com/) to inspect the binary and find it already had a manifest file embedded, that things started to make sense.
So I used ResourceHacker to remove the embedded manifest file from the exe file and low and behold.. I got an error that my manifest file was corrupt.
Not a surprise as I had tried too many things.
Eventually I got to a manifest file similar to yours and while the binary now starts without errors, the AntView control doesn't function. Turning on logging for the AntView control shows to me that it is having issues with registering events, but what exactly is wrong is unclear to me at this stage.
With VFP something is working differently for sidebyside registration when compared to registering the control normally and I'm not sure what it is and if it is fixable.
So... for now I'm going to look into the alternative solution I discussed with you by email.
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Wil
Today I have been investigated this for a bit.
As it turns out VFP will embed a manifest file into the build exe.
This got me baffled for a while as I wasn't understanding why windows kept on ignoring any and all manifest files I put next to the exe file. It wasn't until I used ResourceHacker (see https://angusj.com/) to inspect the binary and find it already had a manifest file embedded, that things started to make sense.
So I used ResourceHacker to remove the embedded manifest file from the exe file and low and behold.. I got an error that my manifest file was corrupt.
Not a surprise as I had tried too many things.
Eventually I got to a manifest file similar to yours and while the binary now starts without errors, the AntView control doesn't function. Turning on logging for the AntView control shows to me that it is having issues with registering events, but what exactly is wrong is unclear to me at this stage.
With VFP something is working differently for sidebyside registration when compared to registering the control normally and I'm not sure what it is and if it is fixable.
So... for now I'm going to look into the alternative solution I discussed with you by email.
--
Wil