app-certification-kit

As far as I know 32bit Delphi desktop applications cannot be certified for Windows 8.1 due lack of SafeSEH via Can a desktop Delphi application be certified for Windows 8 But what about 64bit Delphi desktop applications? Can they pass other requirements, since they don't have to satisfy SafeSEH requirement? Are there any compiler/linker settings that have to be set to specific values if the answer is yes, and what is minimum Delphi version needed (obviously at least XE2). I am specifically considering section 3 of certification requirements. 3. Apps support Windows security features The

Apparently, Delphi (any version) does not support safe exception handlers (/SAFESEH switch in Visual Studio). This results in a warning when using Windows Desktop App Certification Kit on Windows 8. Per certification requirements for Windows 8 desktop apps: Your app must be compiled using the /SafeSEH flag to ensure safe exceptions handling Obviously Delphi lacks this switch, so it cannot be done. My questions are: Is my understanding correct, that even though the Kit displays only a warning (not fail), since this is a "must" requirement, any Delphi app today cannot be certified for Windows 8

I am developing a new application that will target the new WP8 platform. Previous versions of Phone SDK, like WP7.1 or WP7.5 SDK contained special toolkit to test you XAP before submission for some obvious problems (like some mandatory image files missing). A similar function is fulfilled by the WACK for Win8 Desktop Apps. But I can't find any toolkit for testing my WP8 applications. The only option I found is to "Windows Phone Application Analysis" provides me with some performance information but there seem to be no static rule-based check of the XAP package performed. Am I missing some