VSoft Staff Blogshttp://www.automise.com/Resources/Blogs.aspxhttp://www.automise.com/Resources/Blogs/PostId/658/Windows-Vista-compatibility.aspxFinalBuilderWed, 23 May 2007 05:00:00 GMTNow that FinalBuilder 5.5 is out, I've posted a short article detailing some of the things to keep in mind when using FB with Windows Vista and User Account Control (UAC.) The article can be found <a href="http://www.finalbuilder.com/Resources/Articles/ID/27/FinalBuilder-and-Windows-Vista.aspx">here</a>.<br /> <br /> On a more techy subject, most developers are probably already well and truly up to speed with Vista integration by now, but here are a few resources that I found invaluable while getting a grip on the concepts of UAC, manifests, elevation, virtualization, and the elevation prompt.<br /> <p> </p> <ul> <li> <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa906021.aspx">User Account Control Overview</a> at Microsoft TechNet. A good semi-technical (code-free) overview of&nbsp; UAC.</li> <li> <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/cjacks/archive/2006/09/08/exploring-manifests-part-2-default-namespaces-and-uac-manifests-in-windows-vista.aspx">Evolving the Software Organism: Default Namespaces and UAC Manifests in Windows Vista</a>. Covers some gotchas when embedding a UAC manifest.</li> <li> <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/kennykerr/archive/2006/09/29/Windows-Vista-for-Developers-_1320_-Part-4-_1320_-User-Account-Control.aspx">Kenny Kerr's Windows Vista for Developers (Part 4)</a>. Great code summary of the two ways to request UAC elevation in Vista. Creating a process with an elevated token, or creating an elevated out-of-process COM object.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=BA73B169-A648-49AF-BC5E-A2EEBB74C16B&amp;displaylang=en">Windows Vista Application Development Requirements for User Account Control Compatibility</a>. 500-pound-gorilla Word document, covers everything you ever wanted to know (and then some.)</li> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> Happy Vista-ing!</p> </ul>