GlobalConfig.MakeArrayFromString

Use this method to convert an encoded string read from the Fields property into an Array. If the encoded string does not indicate Array properties, then the method returns the original string that was passed into it.

Definition

Function MakeArrayFromString(strList As Variant) As Variant

Parameters

strList

A Variant that contains the encoded string.

Return Values

If this method completes successfully, it returns a Variant that contains the converted Array or unconverted String.

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

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 on values exposed by the Fields object. The client-side disconnected ADO recordset has no support for Variants, Arrays, 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 Variant containing an encoded string read from the Fields 
' property
' vArray is a Variant
' oGlobalConfig is a Commerce GlobalConfig object
vArray = oGlobalConfig.MakeArrayFromString(vEncoded)

See Also

GlobalConfig****Object

All rights reserved.