I usually embed a XML manifest with my applications to have them support XP
Visual Styles.
I know I can embed the resource into the resources section of the compiled
executable (under the type RT_MANIFEST and with ID=1).
What I want to know is if there's a way to include it in the project before
compilation, like you could do with the old .rc files, and have it compiled
automatically inside the EXE. Is it possibile?