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description - A user friendly description of this file.
entryPoint - Indicates whether this file is considered the Entry Point for the module. the one to be loaded and initialised for this module. Value values are "1" and "0"
<md5>
value - Filled out by the Manifest Prep tool with the MD5 of this dependency file's contents. Leave blank.
<platform>
os - The operating system that this dependency will be synchronised for. Supported values are Any, Nt351, Nt4, Xp, 2k, 2k3, Vista, 7, 2k8, 2k8R2 - Windows 8 and 10 TBD
<destination>
value - Where the dependency's destination is. Values are:
local - File is placed in the same location as the manifest file
shared - File is placed in the WinGate installation directory
system - File is placed in the system directory.
From this file is determined entry points for your module(s), dependent files that need synchronising between the WinGate engine and WinGate Management Console and to ensure they haven't been tampered with. In order to prepare a manifest file for distribution you need to run the ManifestPrep utility on it which is found in the tools directory of the SDK.
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