VarI1FromStr

This function converts variant data types to char from BSTR.

WINOLEAUTAPI VarI1FromStr(
  BSTR strIn, 
  LCID lcid, 
  ULONG dwFlags, 
  char* pcOut 
);

strIn
[in] The value to coerce.
lcid
[in] For conversions from string and VT_DISPATCH input, the LCID to use for the conversion.
dwFlags
[in] One or more of the following flags.

Flag Description

LOCALE_NOUSEROVERRIDE Uses the system default locale settings, rather than custom locale settings.
pcOut
[out] Points to the coerced value.

Flag	Description
LOCALE_NOUSEROVERRIDE	Uses the system default locale settings, rather than custom locale settings.

The following table shows the HRESULT values that can be returned by this function.

Value	Description
S_OK	Success.
DISP_E_BADVARTYPE	The input parameter is not a valid type of variant.
DISP_E_OVERFLOW	The data pointed to by the output parameter does not fit in the destination type.
DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH	The argument could not be coerced to the specified type.
E_INVALIDARG	One of the arguments is invalid.
E_OUTOFMEMORY	Memory could not be allocated for the conversion.

Passing into this function any invalid and, under some circumstances, NULL pointers will result in unexpected termination of the application.

To determine whether the platform supports this function, see Determining Supported COM APIs.

OS Versions: Windows CE 2.0 and later.
Header: Oleauto.h.
Link Library: Oleaut32.lib.

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