Re: ActiveX and Pointers Question (newbie)

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From: Scott McPhillips
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 00:00

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beach9000@hotmail.com wrote:
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> I'm trying to plan out a generic ActiveX control.  It deals with a rather
> complicated tree structure and I was wondering how could I pass the data in
> the tree structure to the container.  I've heard that you can't simply pass
> pointers out of a control, but for me that would be the easiest solution.
> 
> Could somebody explain why I can't pass a pointer and also help with some
> solutions?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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If the ActiveX control will only be used in-process then you can pass pointers in or out by simply casting the pointer to and from any OLE supported type, such as long*.

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