How could I make use of undocumented DLL functions?

The device I'm using (a TV set top box) has a DLL with plenty of functions that relate to the specific hardware of the system, such as changing the resolution or accessing the LED lights on the front panel of the system.

Sadly these functions are all undocumented, and seem to be adorned by strange characters that I do not understand (in dependency walker), see the screenshot. Other DLLs have the plain DLL exports with no @ characters or anthing

Is there maybe a standard way of figuring out how to make use of these functions? Certain programs in the system call these, so is there a way to view the way they call the DLL and the arguments they use, like a debugger? I would love to be able to modify the front panel or access the front panel

Thank you!

Edited by I dunk for bananas 2023-06-13 12:15 AM








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Hi,

Those are C++ decorated names, containing information about the function.
Fortunately, that also includes the parameters and their types.

To find out what the parameters are, you can use "undname.exe" included with Visual Studio.
There also seem to be some open source alternatives like demumble or msvcfilt.

For example using undname with the first export from your DLL results in the following output:



The following Microsoft article describes how decorated names work in more detail: Decorated names.