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DVARIANT.ToShortArrayAllocmethod

Extracts an array of SHORT values from DVARIANT.

COMmethodDVARIANT.INCdocumented

Syntax

FUNCTION ToShortArrayAlloc (BYVAL pprgn AS SHORT PTR PTR) AS ULONG

Parameters

NameDescription
pprgnPointer to a SHORT PTR variable that will recive a pointer to an array of SHORT values extracted from the source DVARIANT.

Return value

The count of SHORT elements extracted from the DVARIANT.

Description

Extracts an array of SHORT values from DVARIANT.

Remarks

This helper function is used when the calling application expects a DVARIANT to hold an array of SHORT values.

If DVARIANT is of type VT_ARRAY OR VT_I2, this function extracts an array of SHORT values into a newly allocated array. The calling application is responsible for using CoTaskMemFree to release the array pointed to by pprgn when it is no longer needed.

Reference

  • Include file DVARIANT.INC
  • Defined in AfxNova/DVARIANT.inc:2016
  • Documented in COM/DVARIANT Class.md
  • Topic: DVARIANT Class