SdbInitDatabase function

Opens the shim database.

Syntax

HSDB WINAPI SdbInitDatabase(
  _In_ DWORD   dwFlags,
  _In_ LPCTSTR pszDatabasePath
);

dwFlags [in]

This parameter specifies the format of the path in the pszDatabasePath parameter. It can be one of the following values.

Value	Meaning
HID_DOS_PATHS 0x00000001	An MS-DOS style path.
HID_DATABASE_FULLPATH 0x00000002	A full path.
HID_NO_DATABASE 0x00000004	The pszDatabasePath parameter is ignored and no database is opened.
HID_DATABASE_TYPE_MASK 0xF00F0000	This parameter specifies a predefined database. The pszDatabasePath parameter is ignored.

If dwFlags contains HID_DATA_TYPE_MASK, this parameter can also include one of the following values.

Value	Meaning
SDB_DATABASE_MAIN_SHIM 0x80030000	Application shim database.
SDB_DATABASE_MAIN_MSI 0x80020000	MSI database.
SDB_DATABASE_MAIN_DRIVERS 0x80040000	Database of drivers to be blocked.

pszDatabasePath [in]

The path to the database. This parameter can be NULL if the dwFlags parameter specifies a predefined database.

The function returns a handle to the opened database.

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
DLL	Apphelp.dll