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Friedrich
Hi Friedrich
I played with vista a little bit over the weekend and I noticed that I
couldn't even run my program because I didn't have access rights even though
I was logged in as an administrator. Are you going to build something into
Setupbuilder that will solve this problem?
All of my programs seemed to worked ok but they all looked really bad
running in vista. I guess its time for a makeover.
You are right about the popups. This is going to be a big problem for a lot
of developers.
Greg Palmer
Hi Greg,
Yes, you are right. A standard Clarion application does not work on the
latest Vista if you double-click the exe from Windows Explorer, and it only
works one-time (if the app was installed, not just copied) if started from a
Shortcut. This is caused by the new UAC Vista feature and the missing Vista
manifest.
A temporary workaround is to right-click the application item from within
the Windows Explorer and select "Run as administrator".
Our new (internal) SetupBuilder 5.7 IDE application (compiled with Clarion
6.3 build 9054) works fine. There is no "The requested operation requires
elevation" popup any longer. Why? Because we have added a new feature to
our setup compiler. It is now possible to automatically add a Vista
manifest to any executable.
In other words, if your Clarion application does not have a XP manifest
and/or Vista manifest, it will be possible for you to build your
installation with SetupBuilder 5.7 and the compiler will make the necessary
Vista modifications (on-the-fly).
Of course, all installations compiled with SetupBuilder 5.7 will work on
Vista (no "The requested operation requires elevation" popup).
Friedrich
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Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910
"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 5
Hi
So are you saying if I have a manifest file it would have worked ok?
Greg
Hi Greg,
If you have a Vista-aware manifest file and your app is code signed then
yes, it should work.
Friedrich
> Vista-aware manifest file
Wanna elaborate on that a bit?
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Mark
By the way, this does not mean applications compiled with Clarion 6.x do not
run on Vista. The "The requested operation requires elevation" popup (the
app does not start) is not a Clarion problem. The same happens with Visual
Studio apps, etc.
I have some (small) Clarion applications that work fine without any code-
signing and without a Vista manifest. But most of our complex applications
(e.g. SetupBuilder 5.x) do not work any longer with the very latest Vista
if there is no Vista manifest and if the .exe is not code-signed.
We have invested a few hundred hours of work to test and optimize
SetupBuilder 5.7 on various Vista versions. I am pretty sure the new UAC
Vista feature will give all of us developers the blues...
HTH,
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Friedrich Linder
CEO, Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910
"point. click. ship" - that's SetupBuilder 5
On 30 Oct 2006 11:53:44 -0500, Mark Riffey wrote:
> Now the secret is out. ProImage has been delayed all this time because
> Charles and Friedrich are the same person. That explains LOTS of things<g>
Shhhhh - Don't tell Andrea!
;-)
Charles
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On 30 Oct 2006 15:19:22 -0500, Charles Edmonds wrote:
> Shhhhh - Don't tell Andrea!
Not totally convinced that you arent her as well<g>
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Mark
> Not totally convinced that you arent her as well<g>
Poor Friedrich :(
John Christ