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Re: Dynamic 2-dimensional array as parameter for COM method?

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From: David Morgenlender
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 00:00
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Jyrki Erjanti <Jyrki.Erjanti@fidri.mail.abb.com> wrote:

>In IDL specify just VARIANT.
>
>Use VARIANT of type VT_ARRAY | VT_xxx. Make parray of the
>VARIANT to point to a SAFEARRAY. SAFEARRAY may contain
>more than one dimension.

Why is a VARIANT required, instead of specifying SAFEARRAY directly?

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Subject: Re: Dynamic 2-dimensional array as parameter for COM method?
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