3.48.4.3 IWindowsDriverUpdateEntry::DriverManufacturer (Opnum 10)

The IWindowsDriverUpdateEntry::DriverManufacturer (opnum 10) method retrieves the language-invariant name of the driver manufacturer.

 HRESULT DriverManufacturer(
   [out, retval] BSTR* retval
 );

retval: A string containing the language-invariant name of the driver manufacturer. If the name of the driver manufacturer is not available, then this MUST be NULL.

Return Values: The method MUST return information in an HRESULT data structure. The severity bit in the structure identifies the following conditions:

  • If the severity bit is set to 0, the method completed successfully.

  • If the severity bit is set to 1, the method failed and encountered a fatal error.

Exceptions Thrown: No exceptions are thrown beyond those thrown by the underlying RPC protocol [MS-RPCE].

This method SHOULD return the value of the DriverManufacturer ADM element.