ComponentDescription
Declaration
typedef struct ComponentDescription {
...
} ComponentDescription;Overview
The ComponentDescription structure identifies the characteristics of a component, including the type of services offered by the component and its manufacturer.
Applications and components use component description structures in different ways. An application that uses components specifies the selection criteria for a component in a component description structure. The functions FindNextComponent , CountComponents , and GetComponentInfo all use the component description structure to specify the criteria for their search.
A component uses the component description structure to specify its registration information and capabilities and identify itself to the Component Manager. If your component is stored in a component resource, the information in the component description structure must be part of that resource. See the description of the component ‘thng’ resource. If you have developed an application that registers your component, that application must supply a component description structure to the RegisterComponent function. See “Registering Components” for information about registering components.
The ComponentDescription data type defines the component description structure. Note that the valid values of fields in the component description structure are determined by the component type specification. For example, all image compressor components must use the componentSubType field to specify the compression algorithm used by the compressor.