Go to Project > Options > Application to open the Application Options page.

For example, to declare that your application is per-monitor DPI-aware, add the following before the closing tag:įor more detailed information, application examples and code snippets on the topic of DPI awareness, see the Delphi Developers Guide 4K.pdf.Īdding the Custom Manifest File to Your Application In order to create a DPI-aware application, you need to declare DPI awareness in the application manifest. Prompt for administrator credentials before running applicationįor more detailed information on the behavior of applications under different settings, see MSDN: Create and Embed an Application Manifest (UAC) Declaring DPI Awareness The following table provides information about the behavior of the application in some common scenarios in relation to the required elevation level that you declare in the application manifest and the level of the parent process of the application:Īpplication launches with a full administrative access Note: The user will still need administrator privileges or credentials in order to run the application with the Administrator privilege level.

If you wish to elevate your application to the Windows Administrator privilege level, simply change the value of the level attribute in the requestedExecutionLevel tag from asInvoker to requireAdministrator. That means that your application will have the same elevation level as its parent process. The default application manifest declares the required elevation level as asInvoker. Save the text file with the extension.Add or modify the dependencies (such as the required elevation level or DPI awareness).Copy the default application manifest into it.3.1 Testing the Administration PrivilegesĬreating a Custom Application Manifest File.2 Adding the Custom Manifest File to Your Application.1.1 Declaring the Required Elevation Level.1 Creating a Custom Application Manifest File.The elevation level of the application that matches the parent process.Support for Windows Common Controls version.The default application manifest file defines: You can use the default application manifest file as a base for your custom application manifest file: When you build a project for a Windows target platform, RAD Studio automatically includes an application manifest file.

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