componentManufacturer
A four-character code that identifies the manufacturer of the component.
Declaration
OSType componentManufacturer;Discussion
The componentManufacturer field allows for further differentiation between individual components. For example, components made by a specific manufacturer may support an extended feature set. Components provided by Apple use a manufacturer value of appl.
If you are developing an application that uses components, you can use this field to find components from a certain manufacturer. Specify the appropriate manufacturer code in this field of the component description structure you supply to the FindNextComponent or CountComponents function. A value of 0 operates as a wildcard.
If you are developing a component, you obtain your manufacturer code, which can be the same as your application signature, from Apple’s Component Registry Group.