Geoff Chappell - Software Analyst
The large table on this page is this study’s master list of functions that appear in the export directory of any known 32-bit build of BROWSEUI.DLL. It gives for each function just brief summaries of the applicable BROWSEUI versions and of the function’s status with respect to Microsoft’s documentation (not that there’s much to say on this point, given that Microsoft does not actually document any). Additional explanatory notes follow the table.
| Function | Applicable Versions | Documentation Status |
|---|---|---|
| Channel_GetFolderPidl (128) | 5.0 and higher | |
| Channel_QuickLaunch (133) | 5.0 and higher | |
| ChannelBand_Create (129) | 5.0 and higher | |
| Channels_SetBandInfoSFB (130) | 5.0 and higher | |
| DllCanUnloadNow | 5.0 to 6.0 | (documented) |
| DllGetClassObject | 5.0 to 6.0 | (documented) |
| DllGetVersion | 5.0 and higher | (documented) |
| DllInstall | 5.0 up to but not including 6.0 from Windows Vista | (documented) |
| DllRegisterServer | 5.0 up to but not including 6.0 from Windows Vista | (documented) |
| DllUnregisterServer | 5.0 up to but not including 6.0 from Windows Vista | (documented) |
| DropTargetWrap_CreateInstance (119) | 5.0 only | |
| GetInfoTip (135) | 5.0 and higher | |
| IDataObject_GetDeskBandSite (122) | 5.0 and higher | |
| InitOCHostClass (101) | 5.0 and higher | |
| IUnknown_SetBandInfoSFB (131) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHCloneIETHREADPARAM (124) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHCreateBandForPidl (120) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHCreateBrowserProgressAggregator (139) | 6.0 from Windows Vista, and higher | |
| SHCreateFromDesktop (106) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHCreateIETHREADPARAM (123) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHCreateSavedWindows (105) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHDestroyIETHREADPARAM (126) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHEnumClassesOfCategories (136) | 6.0 from Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1, and higher | |
| SHExplorerParseCmdLine (107) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHGetNavigateTarget (134) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHOnCWMCommandLine (127) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHOpenFolderWindow (102) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHOpenNewFrame (103) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHParseIECommandLine (125) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHPidlFromDataObject (121) | 5.0 and higher | |
| SHStartDDEThread (138) | 6.0 from Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1, and higher | |
| SHWriteClassesOfCategories (137) | 6.0 from Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1, and higher | |
| UEMRegisterNotify (118) | 6.0 and higher |
Function names are reproduced from the export directory of the BROWSEUI.DLL executable, wherever possible. For functions that are not exported by name, i.e., are exported only by ordinal, from any known BROWSEUI version, names are inferred from symbol files that Microsoft supplies for customer support. For ordinal-only exports, the ordinal is given in brackets immediately after the function’s name.
The BROWSEUI versions shown for each function are inferred from a study of known releases, making reasonable assumptions about likely continuity, especially to suppose that a function will exist in future versions or that a function exists in all builds of a version if no counter-example has yet been found.
This study refers to applicable products and service packs in ascending order of versions and build numbers. Be aware that this is not chronological order. This applies especially to version 6.0, which can come from three major releases of Internet Explorer and four of Windows. API changes are known to have occurred roughly simultaneously for Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and Internet Explorer 7, and then carried into Windows Vista. Others are known to have been introduced for Windows Vista but not carried to Internet Explorer 8 or to later service-pack releases of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003.
The reference for documentation is the January 2007 edition of the Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows Vista. That a function is not marked as “documented” does not mean for certain that Microsoft does not document it, just that I haven’t yet found where.
A few functions are not documented specifically as exports from BROWSEUI but fit some general cases. These are indicated by enclosing the documentation status in brackets.