GlobalConfig.MakeStringFromSimpleList

Use this method to convert a SimpleList object into an encoded string, which can be written to the Fields property.

Definition

Function MakeStringFromSimpleList(slist As Object) As String

Parameters

slist

An object reference to the SimpleList object that you wish to convert into an encoded string.

Return Values

None.

Error Values

This method sets the Number property of the global Err object to S_OK (&H00000000) to indicate success and to standard COM error values to indicate failure. For more information about standard COM errors, see Standard COM Errors. Additional information may be available using the global Err object. In particular, the Description property may contain a text description of the error.

All ADO, SQL, and ODBC errors will also be returned by this method.

Remarks

The Initialize method must be called before this method can be called.

Important

• There is a special group of methods used with multivalued arrays. These methods are the only approved and recommended way of storing and retrieving multivalued arrays in the Administration database. You must use the following methods with any property that has the structure of a multivalued array:

  • MakeArrayFromSimpleList

  • MakeSimpleListFromArray

  • MakeArrayFromString

  • MakeStringFromArray

Note

• This method can only be used when updating values exposed by the Fields object. The client-side disconnected ADO recordset has no support for Variants, Arrays, SimpleLists, or objects as Fields columns. Therefore, the GlobalConfig object resorts to storing data in an encoded string format.

For more information about memory ownership issues related to COM property and method parameters, see Managing COM Parameter Memory.

Example

' vEncoded is a string
' vArray is a Variant
' varMySimpleList is an object reference to a SimpleList object
' oGlobalConfig is a Commerce GlobalConfig object
vEncoded = oGlobalConfig.MakeStringFromSimpleList(varMySimpleList)

See Also

GlobalConfig****Object

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