VariantChangeType
This function converts a variant from one type to another.
HRESULT VariantChangeType(
VARIANTARG FAR* pvargDest,
VARIANTARG FAR* pvarSrc,
unsigned short wFlags,
VARTYPE vt
);
Parameters
- pvargDest
[out] Pointer to the VarBoolFromDisp to receive the coerced type. If this is the same as pvarSrc, the variant is converted in place. - pvarSrc
[in] Pointer to the source VARIANTARG to be coerced. - wFlags
[in] Flags that control the coercion. The only defined flag is VARIANT_NOVALUEPROP, which prevents the function from attempting to coerce an object to a fundamental type by getting the Value property. Applications should set this flag only if necessary, because it makes their behavior inconsistent with other applications. - vt
[in] Specifies the type to coerce to. If the return code is S_OK, the vt member of the VARIANTARG specified by *pvargDest is always the same as this value.
Return Values
The following table shows the HRESULT values that can be returned by this function.
Value | Description |
---|---|
S_OK | Success. |
DISP_E_BADVARTYPE | The variant type vt is not a valid type of variant. |
DISP_E_OVERFLOW | The data pointed to by pvarSrc 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. |
Remarks
Passing invalid (and under some circumstances NULL) pointers to this function causes an unexpected termination of the application.
The VariantChangeType function handles coercions between the fundamental types (including numeric-to-string and string-to-numeric coercions). A variant that has VT_BYREF set is coerced to a value by obtaining the referenced value. An object is coerced to a value by invoking the object's Value property (DISPID_VALUE).
Typically, the implementer of IDispatch::Invoke determines which member is being accessed, and then calls VariantChangeType to get the value of one or more arguments. For example, if the IDispatch call specifies a SetTitle member that takes one string argument, the implementer would call VariantChangeType to attempt to coerce the argument to VT_BSTR. If VariantChangeType does not return an error the argument could then be obtained directly from the bstrVal member of the VARIANTARG. If VariantChangeType returns DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH, the implementor would set *puArgErr to 0 (indicating the argument in error) and return DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH from IDispatch::Invoke.
Arrays of one type cannot be converted to arrays of another type with this function.
**Note **The type of a VARIANTARG should not be changed in the rgvarg array in place.
Requirements
OS Versions: Windows CE 2.0 and later.
Header: Oleauto.h.
Link Library: Oleaut32.lib.
See Also
VarBoolFromDisp | VARIANTARG | IDispatch::Invoke | IDispatch
Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005
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