VarEnum Enumeration
Indicates how to marshal the array elements when an array is marshaled from managed to unmanaged code as a UnmanagedType.SafeArray.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| VT_EMPTY | Indicates that a value was not specified. | |
| VT_NULL | Indicates a null value, similar to a null value in SQL. | |
| VT_I2 | Indicates a short integer. | |
| VT_I4 | Indicates a long integer. | |
| VT_R4 | Indicates a float value. | |
| VT_R8 | Indicates a double value. | |
| VT_CY | Indicates a currency value. | |
| VT_DATE | Indicates a DATE value. | |
| VT_BSTR | Indicates a BSTR string. | |
| VT_DISPATCH | Indicates an IDispatch pointer. | |
| VT_ERROR | Indicates an SCODE. | |
| VT_BOOL | Indicates a Boolean value. | |
| VT_VARIANT | Indicates a VARIANT far pointer. | |
| VT_UNKNOWN | Indicates an IUnknown pointer. | |
| VT_DECIMAL | Indicates a decimal value. | |
| VT_I1 | Indicates a char value. | |
| VT_UI1 | Indicates a byte. | |
| VT_UI2 | Indicates an unsigned short. | |
| VT_UI4 | Indicates an unsigned long. | |
| VT_I8 | Indicates a 64-bit integer. | |
| VT_UI8 | Indicates an 64-bit unsigned integer. | |
| VT_INT | Indicates an integer value. | |
| VT_UINT | Indicates an unsigned integer value. | |
| VT_VOID | Indicates a C style void. | |
| VT_HRESULT | Indicates an HRESULT. | |
| VT_PTR | Indicates a pointer type. | |
| VT_SAFEARRAY | Indicates a SAFEARRAY. Not valid in a VARIANT. | |
| VT_CARRAY | Indicates a C style array. | |
| VT_USERDEFINED | Indicates a user defined type. | |
| VT_LPSTR | Indicates a null-terminated string. | |
| VT_LPWSTR | Indicates a wide string terminated by Nothing. | |
| VT_RECORD | Indicates a user defined type. | |
| VT_FILETIME | Indicates a FILETIME value. | |
| VT_BLOB | Indicates length prefixed bytes. | |
| VT_STREAM | Indicates that the name of a stream follows. | |
| VT_STORAGE | Indicates that the name of a storage follows. | |
| VT_STREAMED_OBJECT | Indicates that a stream contains an object. | |
| VT_STORED_OBJECT | Indicates that a storage contains an object. | |
| VT_BLOB_OBJECT | Indicates that a blob contains an object. | |
| VT_CF | Indicates the clipboard format. | |
| VT_CLSID | Indicates a class ID. | |
| VT_VECTOR | Indicates a simple, counted array. | |
| VT_ARRAY | Indicates a SAFEARRAY pointer. | |
| VT_BYREF | Indicates that a value is a reference. |
Used with System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute to explicitly control the element type of the SafeArray.
Imports System 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
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