Re: BSTR Array

From:
"Karsten Schulz" <kahnpost@freenet.de>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.atl
Date:
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:25:22 +0200
Message-ID:
<u9JJ51FzIHA.5520@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
Hi SaranG,

BSTR is a Pointer, ur *p = 'a' is not longer guilty as ur
FunctionBlock's.

U have should use CComVariant so u can host confirm
Varaints , or use easy CStringList.

   CComVariant covar;
   VariantClear(&covar);
   SAFEARRAYBOUND size;
   size.cElements = fieldCount;
   size.lLbound = 0;
   SAFEARRAY *parray = 0;
   if(! (parray = SafeArrayCreate(VT_VARIANT, 1, &size)) )
    return false;

   for(register int i=0; i < fieldCount; i++)
   {
  CString test; test.Format("Rand=%d",rand()%100);

  covar = test;
  long index = i+size.lLbound;
  SafeArrayPutElement(parray, &index, &covar);
   }

   covar.parray = parray;
   covar.vt = VT_ARRAY | VT_VARIANT;

bool CSPCdata::VariantFromArray(long fromElm,CComVariant *covar, CComVariant
covarList)
{
 if(covarList.vt != (VT_ARRAY | VT_VARIANT) || !covarList.parray || !covar)
  return false;

 register SAFEARRAY * psaSelectionList = covarList.parray;
 register long Vstart = psaSelectionList->rgsabound->lLbound;
 register long Vcnt = psaSelectionList->rgsabound->cElements;

    if(fromElm > Vcnt)
      return false;

    fromElm += Vstart;

    HRESULT hRes = SafeArrayGetElement(psaSelectionList, &fromElm, covar);

    return (hRes == S_OK);
}

void CSPCdata::PrintVarList(CComVariant covarList)
{
 HRESULT hRes;

 CComVariant covarDescriptor;

 if(covarList.vt != (VT_ARRAY | VT_VARIANT) || covarList.parray == NULL)
  return;

 register SAFEARRAY * psaSelectionList = covarList.parray;
 register long Vstart = psaSelectionList->rgsabound->lLbound;
 register long Vcnt = psaSelectionList->rgsabound->cElements;

 for(register long i=Vstart; i < Vstart+Vcnt; i++)
 {
  hRes = SafeArrayGetElement(psaSelectionList, &i, &covarDescriptor);
  if(FAILED(hRes))
   break;

  if(covarDescriptor.vt != VT_BSTR)
    covarDescriptor.ChangeType(VT_BSTR);

  CString str(covarDescriptor.bstrVal);
  TRACE(_T("%s\r\n"),str.GetBuffer(0));
 }

 return;
}

"SaranG(Saravanan)" <infosarang@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:7226854c-3708-4b6c-a368-a476a53bed59@p39g2000prm.googlegroups.com...

Hi all, I am using ATL Web Services now. And want to return array of
strings, i heard that BSTR array will do this. But i don't know how to
return the BSTR Array. i try with basics, if i returns in the client
it have only one value .( that is 0th index value of BSTR array). The
snap code is below,

[soap_method]
HRESULT ArrayCheck(BSTR *bstrOutput)
{
/*BSTR bstrOP[3];
bstrOP[0] = L"One";
bstrOP[1] = L"TWO";
bstrOP[2] = L"Three";
bstrOutput = bstrOP;*/
bstrOutput[0] = L"Start";
bstrOutput[1] = L"Stop";
bstrOutput[2] = L"Close";
return S_OK;
}

but the return bstrOutput has only "Start" value.
Can any one helps me .
Thanks in advance,
Saran.

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