Shell.ShowBrowserBar method

Displays a browser bar.

Syntax

retVal = Shell.ShowBrowserBar(
  sCLSID,
  vShow
)

Shell.ShowBrowserBar( _
  ByVal sCLSID As BSTR, _
  ByVal vShow As Variant _
) As Variant

Parameters

sCLSID [in]

Type: BSTR

A String that contains the string form of the CLSID of the browser bar to be displayed. The object must be registered as an Explorer Bar object with a CATID_InfoBand component category. For further information, see Creating Custom Explorer Bars, Tool Bands, and Desk Bands.

vShow [in]

Type: Variant

Set to true to show the browser bar or false to hide it.

Return value

JScript

Type: Variant*

Returns true if successful; otherwise, false.

VB

Type: Variant*

Returns true if successful; otherwise, false.

Remarks

You can display one of the standard Explorer Bars by setting the sCLSID parameter to the CLSID of that Explorer Bar. The standard Explorer Bars and their CLSID strings are as follows:

Explorer Bar	CLSID string
Favorites	{EFA24E61-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}
Folders	{EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}
History	{EFA24E62-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}
Search	{30D02401-6A81-11d0-8274-00C04FD5AE38}

 

This method is not currently available in Microsoft Visual Basic.

Examples

The following examples show the use of Shell.ShowBrowserBar to display the Favorites browser bar. Usage is shown for JScript and VBScript.

JScript:

<script language="JavaScript">
    function fnShowBrowserBarJ()
    {
        var objShell = new ActiveXObject("shell.application");
        var bReturn;
        
        bReturn = objShell.ShowBrowserBar("{EFA24E61-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}", true);
    }
</script>

VBScript:

<script language="VBScript">
    function fnShowBrowserBarVB()
        dim objShell
        dim bReturn

        set objShell = CreateObject("shell.application")

        bReturn = objShell.ShowBrowserBar("{EFA24E61-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}", true)

        set objShell = nothing
    end function
</script>

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Header	Shldisp.h
IDL	Shldisp.idl
DLL	Shell32.dll (version 5.0 or later)