VarEnum Enum

Definition

Caution

Marshalling VARIANTs may be unavailable in future releases.

Indicates how to marshal the array elements when an array is marshaled from managed to unmanaged code as a SafeArray.

public enum class VarEnum
[System.Obsolete("Marshalling VARIANTs may be unavailable in future releases.")]
public enum VarEnum
public enum VarEnum
[System.Serializable]
public enum VarEnum
[System.Serializable]
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
public enum VarEnum
[<System.Obsolete("Marshalling VARIANTs may be unavailable in future releases.")>]
type VarEnum = 
type VarEnum = 
[<System.Serializable>]
type VarEnum = 
[<System.Serializable>]
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)>]
type VarEnum = 
Public Enum VarEnum
Inheritance
Attributes

Fields

VT_ARRAY 8192

Indicates a SAFEARRAY pointer.

VT_BLOB 65

Indicates length prefixed bytes.

VT_BLOB_OBJECT 70

Indicates that a blob contains an object.

VT_BOOL 11

Indicates a Boolean value.

VT_BSTR 8

Indicates a BSTR string.

VT_BYREF 16384

Indicates that a value is a reference.

VT_CARRAY 28

Indicates a C style array.

VT_CF 71

Indicates the clipboard format.

VT_CLSID 72

Indicates a class ID.

VT_CY 6

Indicates a currency value.

VT_DATE 7

Indicates a DATE value.

VT_DECIMAL 14

Indicates a decimal value.

VT_DISPATCH 9

Indicates an IDispatch pointer.

VT_EMPTY 0

Indicates that a value was not specified.

VT_ERROR 10

Indicates an SCODE.

VT_FILETIME 64

Indicates a FILETIME value.

VT_HRESULT 25

Indicates an HRESULT.

VT_I1 16

Indicates a char value.

VT_I2 2

Indicates a short integer.

VT_I4 3

Indicates a long integer.

VT_I8 20

Indicates a 64-bit integer.

VT_INT 22

Indicates an integer value.

VT_LPSTR 30

Indicates a null-terminated string.

VT_LPWSTR 31

Indicates a wide string terminated by null.

VT_NULL 1

Indicates a null value, similar to a null value in SQL.

VT_PTR 26

Indicates a pointer type.

VT_R4 4

Indicates a float value.

VT_R8 5

Indicates a double value.

VT_RECORD 36

Indicates a user defined type.

VT_SAFEARRAY 27

Indicates a SAFEARRAY. Not valid in a VARIANT.

VT_STORAGE 67

Indicates that the name of a storage follows.

VT_STORED_OBJECT 69

Indicates that a storage contains an object.

VT_STREAM 66

Indicates that the name of a stream follows.

VT_STREAMED_OBJECT 68

Indicates that a stream contains an object.

VT_UI1 17

Indicates a byte.

VT_UI2 18

Indicates an unsignedshort.

VT_UI4 19

Indicates an unsignedlong.

VT_UI8 21

Indicates an 64-bit unsigned integer.

VT_UINT 23

Indicates an unsigned integer value.

VT_UNKNOWN 13

Indicates an IUnknown pointer.

VT_USERDEFINED 29

Indicates a user defined type.

VT_VARIANT 12

Indicates a VARIANT far pointer.

VT_VECTOR 4096

Indicates a simple, counted array.

VT_VOID 24

Indicates a C style void.

Examples

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Runtime::InteropServices;

// If you do not have a type library for an interface
// you can redeclare it using ComImportAttribute.
// This is how the interface would look in an idl file.
//[
//object,
//uuid("73EB4AF8-BE9C-4b49-B3A4-24F4FF657B26"),
//dual, helpstring("IMyStorage Interface"),
//pointer_default(unique)
//]
//interface IMyStorage : IDispatch
//{
// [id(1)]
// HRESULT GetItem([in] BSTR bstrName, [out, retval] IDispatch ** ppItem);
// [id(2)]
// HRESULT GetItems([in] BSTR bstrLocation, [out] SAFEARRAY(VARIANT)* pItems);
// [id(3)]
// HRESULT GetItemDescriptions([in] BSTR bstrLocation, [out] SAFEARRAY(VARIANT) ** ppItems);
// [id(4), propget]
// HRESULT get_IsEmpty([out, retval] BOOL * pfEmpty);
//};
// This is the managed declaration.

[ComImport]
[Guid("73EB4AF8-BE9C-4b49-B3A4-24F4FF657B26")]
interface class IMyStorage
{
   [DispId(1)]
   Object^ GetItem( [In,MarshalAs(UnmanagedType::BStr)]String^ bstrName );

   //[return : MarshalAs(UnmanagedType::Interface)]

   [DispId(2)]
   void GetItems( [In,MarshalAs(UnmanagedType::BStr)]String^ bstrLocation, [Out,MarshalAs(UnmanagedType::SafeArray,
   SafeArraySubType=VarEnum::VT_VARIANT)]array<Object^>^Items );

   [DispId(3)]
   void GetItemDescriptions( [In]String^ bstrLocation, [In,Out,MarshalAs(UnmanagedType::SafeArray)]array<Object^>^varDescriptions );

   property bool IsEmpty 
   {
      [DispId(4)]
      [returnvalue:MarshalAs(UnmanagedType::VariantBool)]
      bool get();
   }
};
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace MyModule
{
    // If you do not have a type library for an interface
    // you can redeclare it using ComImportAttribute.

    // This is how the interface would look in an idl file.

    //[
    //object,
    //uuid("73EB4AF8-BE9C-4b49-B3A4-24F4FF657B26"),
    //dual,	helpstring("IMyStorage Interface"),
    //pointer_default(unique)
    //]
    //interface IMyStorage : IDispatch
    //{
    //	[id(1)]
    //	HRESULT GetItem([in] BSTR bstrName, [out, retval] IDispatch ** ppItem);
    //	[id(2)]
    //	HRESULT GetItems([in] BSTR bstrLocation, [out] SAFEARRAY(VARIANT)* pItems);
    //	[id(3)]
    //	HRESULT GetItemDescriptions([in] BSTR bstrLocation, [out] SAFEARRAY(VARIANT) ** ppItems);
    //	[id(4), propget]
    //	HRESULT get_IsEmpty([out, retval] BOOL * pfEmpty);
    //};

    // This is the managed declaration.

    [ComImport]
    [Guid("73EB4AF8-BE9C-4b49-B3A4-24F4FF657B26")]
    public interface IMyStorage
    {
        [DispId(1)]
        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)]
        object GetItem([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] String bstrName);

        [DispId(2)]
        void GetItems([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] String bstrLocation,
            [Out, MarshalAs( UnmanagedType.SafeArray,
                      SafeArraySubType = VarEnum.VT_VARIANT )] out Object[] Items);

        [DispId(3)]
        void GetItemDescriptions([In] String bstrLocation,
            [In, Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.SafeArray)] ref Object[] varDescriptions);

        bool IsEmpty
        {
            [DispId(4)]
            [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.VariantBool)]
            get;
        }
    }
}
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Module MyModule
    ' If you do not have a type library for an interface
    ' you can redeclare it using ComImportAttribute.

    ' This is how the interface would look in an idl file.

    '[
    'object,
    'uuid("73EB4AF8-BE9C-4b49-B3A4-24F4FF657B26"),
    'dual,	helpstring("IMyStorage Interface"),
    'pointer_default(unique)
    ']
    'interface IMyStorage : IDispatch
    '{
    '	[id(1)]
    '	HRESULT GetItem([in] BSTR bstrName, [out, retval] IDispatch ** ppItem);
    '	[id(2)]
    '	HRESULT GetItems([in] BSTR bstrLocation, [out] SAFEARRAY(VARIANT)* pItems);
    '	[id(3)]
    '	HRESULT GetItemDescriptions([in] BSTR bstrLocation, [out] SAFEARRAY(VARIANT) ** ppItems);
    '	[id(4), propget]
    '	HRESULT get_IsEmpty([out, retval] BOOL * pfEmpty);
    '};

    ' This is the managed declaration.

    <ComImport(), Guid("73EB4AF8-BE9C-4b49-B3A4-24F4FF657B26")> _
    Public Interface IMyStorage
        <DispId(1)> _
        Function GetItem(<InAttribute(), MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)> ByVal bstrName As String) _
           As <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)> Object

        <DispId(2)> _
        Function GetItems(<InAttribute(), MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)> ByVal bstrLocation As String, _
           <OutAttribute(), MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.SafeArray, SafeArraySubType := VarEnum.VT_VARIANT)> _
                                      ByVal Items() As Object)

        <DispId(3)> _
        Function GetItemDescriptions(<InAttribute()> ByVal bstrLocation As String, _
           <InAttribute(), OutAttribute(), _
                      MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.SafeArray)> ByRef varDescriptions() As Object)

        <DispId(4)> _
        ReadOnly Property IsEmpty(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.VariantBool)> ByVal bEmpty As Boolean)

    End Interface
End Module

Remarks

Used with System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute to explicitly control the element type of the SafeArray.

Applies to

See also