Logical steps to find an interface like IShellFolder?

[Edwin Knoppert]

I have this guid: 000214E6-0000-0000-C000-000000000046

What would have been my logical steps to get an interface definition for this fella?

[José Roca]

Download the SDK headers and look at ShObjIdl.h.

IShellFolder Interface

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb775075(VS.85).aspx

Interface Information

Minimum DLL Version shell32.dll version 4.0 or later
Custom Implementation No
Inherits from IUnknown
Header and IDL files shobjidl.h, shobjidl.idl
Minimum operating systems Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95

[Edwin Knoppert]

Yes sure

But at the end, can i generate this interface declaration with the combrowser?

[José Roca]

No. There is not a typelib for it; only C++ headers.

[Troy King]

BASIC-friendly book for IShellFolder and other shell interfaces

At one point years ago this book really helped me work something out. You're probably past the need for it, but something more BASIC-friendly when it comes to the shell interfaces:

Visual Basic Shell Programming
by J. P. Hamilton
O'Reilly Publishing
ISBN 1-56592-670-6.
There are copies for cheap on Amazon.


It's VB6-centric, which is handy because it's so easy to translate class VB to PowerBasic.