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SafeArrayCopy function (oleauto.h)

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Creates a copy of an existing safe array.

Syntax

HRESULT SafeArrayCopy(
  [in]  SAFEARRAY *psa,
  [out] SAFEARRAY **ppsaOut
);

Parameters

[in] psa

A safe array descriptor created by SafeArrayCreate.

[out] ppsaOut

The safe array descriptor.

Return value

This function can return one of these values.

Return code Description
S_OK
 Success.
E_INVALIDARG
 The argument psa was not valid.
E_OUTOFMEMORY
 Insufficient memory to complete the operation.

Remarks

SafeArrayCopy calls the string or variant manipulation functions if the array to copy contains either of these data types. If the array being copied contains object references, the reference counts for the objects are incremented.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Target Platform Windows
Header oleauto.h
Library OleAut32.lib
DLL OleAut32.dll

See also

SysAllocStringLen

VariantCopy

VariantCopyInd