manifest

Controls whether a Windows manifest file should be generated for the project.

manifest ("value")

By default, Visual Studio will generate an external manifest file for C/C++ executables.

Parameters

value is one of:

Value	Description
Default	Use default behavior (manifest is generated)
On	Generate manifest file
Off	Do not generate manifest file

Applies To

Project configurations.

Availability

Premake 5.0-beta8 or later.

Examples

Disable manifest generation:

manifest "Off"

Embed the manifest into the binary:

manifest "Embed"