The last blog entry about script packages and elevation prompted Don Jones to ask if we consider adding a template to PrimalScript or even a manifest builder. <\/p>\n
Truth is, manifests are so simple that this hardly seems necessary. Here is the manifest file I usually use as a template: <\/p>\n
ftp:\/\/ftp.sapien.com\/manifest.xml<\/a> <\/p>\n There really are only three places to change to adapt this to whatever you do: <\/p>\n In the assemblyIdentity node you should insert the name of your executable you are planning to create. <\/p>\n <assemblyIdentity The description node gets brief note what your application is about:<\/p>\n <description>MANIFEST DESCRIPTION<\/description> <\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Last but not least the requestedExecutionLevel gets the elevation setting your file requires. <requestedExecutionLevel Other settings for the level attribute are “AsInvoker” and “HighestAvailable”.<\/p>\n Here is what these values mean:<\/p>\n AsInvoker<\/strong> – the executable runs with the same privileges the current user has. There will be no UAC prompt and no attempt to elevate. <\/p>\n HighestAvailable<\/strong> – For Administrators: when run the executable will open a UAC prompt offering the opportunity to run elevated but allowing it to continue to run as a limited user if the user does not know or does not wish to elevate the executable. requireAdministrator<\/strong> – the executable will cause a UAC elevation prompt offering the opportunity to run elevated. If the user cannot provide credentials for an Administrator account elevation will fail and the executable will not be run. <\/p>\n As for the rest of the file, just leave it alone. It’ll be fine. <\/p>\n Maybe we can update the script packager for PrimalScript 2009 to generate the manifest from your settings. Use the comments to let us know. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The last blog entry about script packages and elevation prompted Don Jones to ask if we consider adding a template to PrimalScript or even a manifest builder. Truth is, manifests are so simple that this hardly seems necessary. Here is the manifest file I usually use as a template: ftp:\/\/ftp.sapien.com\/manifest.xml There really are only three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,283,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-howto","category-windows-scripting-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Set the level to “requireAdministrator” if you need admin privileges. The application will not execute if that permission level cannot be acquired.<\/p>\n\n
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For non-privileged users there is no UAC prompt to elevate. <\/p>\n