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4.12 The OLE-AUTOMATION module

pass-as

Function

Summary

pass-as type value => representation

Arguments

type
An instance of <integer> or <type>.

value
An object that can be represented as <type>.

Values

representation
An instance of <ole-arg-spec>.

Description

Use this in a client as an argument to functions such as call-simple-method or set-property or in a server as a return value from a property or method to specify passing the given value using the representation designated by type. The return value is an instance of <ole-arg-spec>.

The type may be specified either as one of the low-level VARIANTARG type codes, such as $VT-I2 or $VT-I4 or as a C-FFI type designator, such as <C-short> or <C-long>.


OLE, COM, ActiveX and DBMS Reference - 31 MAR 2000

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