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Component Manager Reference

This section provides information about the data structures, routines, and resources defined by the Component Manager. This section is divided into the following topics:

• "Data Structures for Applications" describes the data structures used by applications.
• "Routines for Applications" discusses the Component Manager routines that are available to applications that use components.
• "Data Structures for Components" describes the data structures used by components.
• "Routines for Components" describes the Component Manager routines that are used by components.
• "Application-Defined Routine" describes how to define a component function and supply the appropriate registration information.
• "Resources" describes the format and content of component resources.

Assembly-Language Note

You can invoke Component Manager routines by using the trap _ComponentDispatch with the appropriate routine selector.

Data Structures for Applications

Component Identifiers and Component Instances

Routines for Applications

Finding Components

Opening and Closing Components

Getting Information About Components

Retrieving Component Errors

Data Structures for Components

Routines for Components

Registering Components

Dispatching to Component Routines

Managing Component Connections

Setting Component Errors

Working With Component Reference Constants

Accessing a Component's Resource File

Calling Other Components

Capturing Components

Targeting a Component Instance

Changing the Default Search Order

Application-Defined Routine

Resources

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