Re: proper way of handling [out,retval] VARIANT * args
Your code is correct. The pointer must not be NULL of course,
and the location it points to is presumed to be uninitialized, thus
VariantInit. Here VariantClear is a clear invitation for a crash.
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"Jason S" <jmsachs@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Oh wise masters of COM:
what's the proper way to handle an [out,retval] VARIANT *arg ?
Do you use VariantInit() after checking for a null arg, or
VariantClear?
STDMETHODIMP CBlah::get_something(VARIANT *pVal)
{
if (pVal == NULL)
return E_POINTER;
VariantInit(pVal);
// do some stuff, it may return an error
// everything is great, assign the VARIANT
CComBSTR b = L"something from blah";
V_VT(pVal) = VT_BSTR;
V_BSTR(pVal) = b.Detach();
return S_OK;
}
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