Tablacus Explorer Script Reference (Index)

A collection of references for the objects available to Tablacus Explorer scripts.

Getting Started

Start with te (getting controls, events) and api (Windows API) to get the big picture.
Each object you obtain with te.Ctrl() and similar calls has its own reference.

I want to…	See
Get the current view or tab	te, FolderView (ShellBrowser), TabCtrl
Navigate to a folder / open in a new tab	FolderView (ShellBrowser)
Get the paths of the selected files	FolderView (ShellBrowser), FolderItems, FolderItem
Change the folder tree display or root	TreeView
Execute drag-and-drop operations on files or folders	DropTarget
Receive events (`te.OnXxx`)	te
Call the Win32 API	api, Memory
Work with structures and buffers such as `RECT` / `POINT`	Memory
Show a context menu or execute its commands	ContextMenu
Show an open / save dialog	CommonDialog
Show a progress dialog	ProgressDialog
Load, thumbnail, or save an image	WICBitmap
Enumerate a COM collection	Enum
Open an HTML page or a sub-window	WebBrowser

Reference	How to obtain / target	Overview
te	`te`	The global object used across scripts. Getting controls (`te.Ctrl` / `te.Ctrls` / `te.CreateCtrl`), creating objects, events (`te.OnXxx`), and constants.
api	`api` (= `te.WindowsAPI`)	Functions centered on the Win32 API (objects, strings, files, shell, windows, menus, GDI, and more).

Reference	How to obtain / target	Overview
FolderView (ShellBrowser)	`te.Ctrl(CTRL_FV)`	The file view (ShellBrowser). Navigation, getting and selecting items, columns / sorting / filtering, and controlling search result views.
TabCtrl	`te.Ctrl(CTRL_TC)`	The tab control. Getting, selecting, moving, and reordering tabs; position, size, and style.
TreeView	`FV.TreeView`	The folder tree. Display and root settings, selection and expansion, hit testing, and shell change notifications.
WebBrowser	`te.Ctrl(CTRL_WB)`	The web browser control embedded in the main window and sub-windows. `OnClose` and close handling, and passing arguments to sub-windows.

Reference	How to obtain / target	Overview
FolderItem	`FV.FolderItem`, etc.	A single file, folder, or virtual-folder item. Path and name, and the standard Windows `FolderItem` members.
FolderItems	`FV.SelectedItems()`, etc.	A collection of `FolderItem`. It also behaves as an IDataObject, so it can be passed to drag and drop and the clipboard.
DropTarget	`api.DropTarget(item)` / `FV.Droptarget`	Object that allows executing drag-and-drop operations (`IDropTarget`) on files or folders via script.

Reference	How to obtain / target	Overview
ContextMenu	`api.ContextMenu()`	The shell context menu (`IContextMenu`). Creating menus, executing commands, and related events.
CommonDialog	`api.CreateObject("CommonDialog")`	The "Open" and "Save As" dialogs. Filters and folder selection (`OFN_ENABLEHOOK`).
ProgressDialog	`api.CreateObject("ProgressDialog")`	The standard shell progress dialog. Progress bar, text lines, and cancel detection.

Reference	How to obtain / target	Overview
Enum	`api.CreateObject("Enum", collection)`	Enumerates a COM collection one element at a time (equivalent to JScript's `Enumerator`). Can also enumerate member names.
Memory	`api.Memory()`	Native memory (structures and buffers). Includes the field list of Win32 structures such as `RECT`, `POINT`, and `LOGFONT`.
WICBitmap	`api.CreateObject("WICBitmap")`	Loading, converting, drawing, and saving images (Windows Imaging Component).

Notation: see the > Notation: line at the top of each file (P = property, M = method).
Needs verification: points that could not be confirmed from the implementation are marked "needs verification".
Asynchronous scripts: in WebView2-side scripts such as ui.js, calls require await (also noted in each reference).
Creating objects: other than the api object, basically use api.CreateObject(...) (see te).
Constants: SBSP_*, FVM_*, OFN_*, and others are defined in consts.js.