Re: How to pack void* parameter into DISPPARAMS.rgvarg?

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.atl
Date:
Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:30:09 -0400
Message-ID:
<O85GX1E2GHA.3656@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
brosembob@yahoo.com wrote:

I'm invoking a method in C# object. In this particular instance I have
a way to determine parameter's type and cast it before calling Invoke
method. But in another instance, where type is not specified, how can
you pack a void pointer?


You cannot pack a void pointer. You should define an interface to only
use automation types, otherwise such an interface cannot be used with
IDispatch::Invoke. An automation type is basically anything that can be
packed into a VARIANT, anything for which a VT_* constant is defined.

What is this void* pointer supposed to represent? If it's just a binary
buffer (an array of bytes), pass it around as SAFEARRAY of BYTE, packed
into VARIANT as (VT_UI1 | VT_ARRAY)
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