[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm trying to call a COM-function which first parameter is a reference to a
> VARIANT. The COM object that contains this function supports early-bound
> automation over MakePy.
>
> The corresponding C-code is:
>
> LONG lValue;
> lValue = plQueryNote->GetVarSize();
> LPBYTE buff = new BYTE[lValue];
> VARIANT varData;
> varData.vt = VT_BYREF;
> varData.byref = buff;
> plQueryNote->ReadVarBlock(&varData,0,lValue);
>
> I have no idea how to define the VARIANT and how to pass it as
> byref-style-parameter in python with win32com. I found no documentation for a
> problem like this in the web. It would be great if someone could help me.
Is the parameter declared as [out,retval] in the type library? If so,
then Python should create the variant and return it to you:
varData = QueryNote.ReadVarBlock( 0, lValue )
--
Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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