VARTYPE

This is an enumeration type used in VARIANT, TYPEDESC, OLE property sets, and safe arrays.

The enumeration constants listed in the following VARENUM section are valid in the vt member of a VARIANT structure.

At a Glance

Header file: Oaidl.h
Windows CE versions: 2.0 and later

Syntax

typedef unsigned short VARTYPE;
enum VARENUM{
VT_EMPTY = 0,  // Not specified
VT_NULL = 1,  // NULL
VT_I2 = 2,   // 2-byte signed int
VT_I4 = 3,   // 4-byte signed int
VT_R4 = 4,   // 4-byte real
VT_R8 = 5,   // 8-byte real
VT_CY = 6,   // Currency
VT_DATE = 7,  // Date
VT_BSTR = 8,  // Binary string
VT_DISPATCH = 9, // IDispatch FAR*
VT_ERROR = 10,  // Scodes
VT_BOOL = 11,  // Boolean; True=-1, False=0
VT_VARIANT = 12, // VARIANT FAR*
VT_UNKNOWN = 13, // IUnknown FAR*
VT_UI1 = 17,  // Unsigned char

// Other constants that are not valid in VARIANTs omitted here.


};
VT_RESERVED = (int) 0x8000 // By reference, a pointer to the data is passed
VT_BYREF = (int) 0x4000
VT_ARRAY = (int) 0x2000 // A safe array of the data is passed