--- In [email protected], "entropyreduction" <alancampbelllists+ya...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Sheri" <sherip99@> wrote: > > > > > But moment I execute VariantClear on a returned VARIANT, crash. > > > Atl least if VARIANT is a SAFEARRAY or BSTR. So I don't (call > > > VariantClear). In pricniple that should make a humungous memory > > > leak, but ASAI can see, using verarious memory inspectors, no > > > leak. You get same result? If so, I'll just shrug and publish. > > > > No idea. A returned variant could be owned by its creator/returner and > > might live in a process space other than PowerPro's. > > Yeah, I can imagine that, but it's very peculiar. "Here, here's some > dara...but it's still MINE, so don't you dare delete it, cause I might wanna > give it to someone else...". Weird, but yes, imaginable.
See if you can discern anything useful from these links: <http://www.keyongtech.com/2313420-accessing-safe-arrays> <http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/about-variantclear-function-release-safearray-help-6997622.html> <http://www.codeproject.com/KB/office/A_C___dll_for_Excel.aspx> Regards, Sheri
