[Lazarus] windres: can't open manifest

[Paul Ishenin]

15.03.2010 22:03, Michael Schnell wrote:
> I got the error message:
>
> c:\lazarus\fpc\2.2.4\bin\386-win32\windres.exe: can't open file
> 'project1.manifest': No such file or directory
> project1.lpr(20.1) Error: Error while linking.
>
> I deleted the complete c:\lazarus directory and reinstalled
> lazarus-0.9.23.2-fpc-2.2.4-win32 (that did work just fine before) just
> leaving all defaults.
>
> But the problem did not go away.
>
> What did Lazarus save where that triggers this error ?
>    
To do the tests better to also use lazarus test version (0.9.29) which 
already does not have such problems.

Previosly lazarus required windres program to build resources for an 
executable. Lazarus created an rc file per application which had 
references to manifest, icon and version information (if enabled). That 
rc file was compiled by windres. Sometimes (for example if you did not 
save your project before the compile) not all required files was 
properly saved before the compile and this caused problems like you have.

So the solution was to save your project to some directory without 
special symbols (like spaces) in path before the compile. Latest lazarus 
and latest fpc don't have these resources problems.

Best regards,
Paul Ishenin.