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    rdop
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    Hi All How can i convert _variant_t to CString?

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      Hi All How can i convert _variant_t to CString?

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      CPallini
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      I suppose you need the string representation of the _variant_t value. You've to properly format a CString object, depending on the value of the vt member of the encapsulated VARIANT struct. For instance

      CString str;
      _variant_t v1;

      v1 = 0.53;

      switch (v1.vt)
      {
      //...
      case VT_R8:
      str.Format(_T("%g"), v1.dblVal);
      break;
      //...
      }

      MessageBox(str, _T("Variant value"));

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        Hi All How can i convert _variant_t to CString?

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        Stuart Dootson
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        In VS2008, this should do the job...

        _variant_t v;
        // Set a value in v
        CString s = v;

        CString has assignment operator and constructor overl;oads that take a const VARIANT&. _variant_t has an extrractor that returns a VARIANT.

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          I suppose you need the string representation of the _variant_t value. You've to properly format a CString object, depending on the value of the vt member of the encapsulated VARIANT struct. For instance

          CString str;
          _variant_t v1;

          v1 = 0.53;

          switch (v1.vt)
          {
          //...
          case VT_R8:
          str.Format(_T("%g"), v1.dblVal);
          break;
          //...
          }

          MessageBox(str, _T("Variant value"));

          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
          [My articles]

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          Stuart Dootson
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          Noooooo - you don't need to bother with that - there's a VariantChangeType function that'll do that for you when you convert a VARIANT to a BSTR. And even more conveniently, the combination of _variant_t extractor operators and CString constructors will do all that for you. A simple assignment of _variant_t to CString is all that's needed...

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            I suppose you need the string representation of the _variant_t value. You've to properly format a CString object, depending on the value of the vt member of the encapsulated VARIANT struct. For instance

            CString str;
            _variant_t v1;

            v1 = 0.53;

            switch (v1.vt)
            {
            //...
            case VT_R8:
            str.Format(_T("%g"), v1.dblVal);
            break;
            //...
            }

            MessageBox(str, _T("Variant value"));

            If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
            This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
            [My articles]

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            Thanks for responce.I hava a biray type data in _variant_t. _variant_t v1; v1=(54 '6',53 '5',52 '4',54 '6',52 '4',0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0); Can i convert these values in CString or not. Origal values is"65464". Plz help me

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              In VS2008, this should do the job...

              _variant_t v;
              // Set a value in v
              CString s = v;

              CString has assignment operator and constructor overl;oads that take a const VARIANT&. _variant_t has an extrractor that returns a VARIANT.

              Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

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              Plz help me some one

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                Hi All How can i convert _variant_t to CString?

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                Hi rdop, The following snippit will work on all Microsoft compilers:_variant_t v; v = 3.141; ::VariantChangeType(&v, &v, 0, VT_BSTR); CString s = (LPTSTR)(_bstr_t)v.bstrVal;
                Best Wishes, -David Delaune

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                  Plz help me some one

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                  Stuart Dootson
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                  I (and Microsoft, who wrote the _variant_t and CString code) have helped you - you just assign the _variant_t to the CString - what more do you want?!?!?!?!?

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                    Noooooo - you don't need to bother with that - there's a VariantChangeType function that'll do that for you when you convert a VARIANT to a BSTR. And even more conveniently, the combination of _variant_t extractor operators and CString constructors will do all that for you. A simple assignment of _variant_t to CString is all that's needed...

                    Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

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                    CPallini
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                    Nice to know :thumbsup:. What about _variant_t containing arrays? :)

                    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                    [My articles]

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                      I (and Microsoft, who wrote the _variant_t and CString code) have helped you - you just assign the _variant_t to the CString - what more do you want?!?!?!?!?

                      Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

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                      rdop
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                      See what happen.

                      _variant_t vtValue;
                      vtValue = m_pRset->Fields->GetItem("Bianry")->GetValue();
                      CString b=vtValue;
                      output is b = "??4"
                      when i copy the vtValues at the time of debug then i got values
                      safearray of UI1 = [20](54 '6',53 '5',52 '4',54 '6',52 '4',0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)

                      Any more information if you nedd then i will give you.

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                        Thanks for responce.I hava a biray type data in _variant_t. _variant_t v1; v1=(54 '6',53 '5',52 '4',54 '6',52 '4',0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0); Can i convert these values in CString or not. Origal values is"65464". Plz help me

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                        CPallini
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                        What is v1.vt value? :)

                        If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                        This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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                          See what happen.

                          _variant_t vtValue;
                          vtValue = m_pRset->Fields->GetItem("Bianry")->GetValue();
                          CString b=vtValue;
                          output is b = "??4"
                          when i copy the vtValues at the time of debug then i got values
                          safearray of UI1 = [20](54 '6',53 '5',52 '4',54 '6',52 '4',0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)

                          Any more information if you nedd then i will give you.

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                          Stuart Dootson
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                          As it's an array, VariantChangeType's not going to work. So, I'd suggest the code below. I'm assuming you want to access the non-null characters of the array and make them into a string?

                          CComSafeArray<char, VT_UI1> sa(V_ARRAY(&v));
                          CString s;
                          for(int index=sa.GetLowerBound();index<=sa.GetUpperBound()&&sa[index];++index)
                          {
                          s+=sa[index];
                          }

                          [edit] You'll also need to #include atlsafe.h and oleauto.h [/edit]

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                            Nice to know :thumbsup:. What about _variant_t containing arrays? :)

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                            This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                            [My articles]

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                            Stuart Dootson
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                            CPallini wrote:

                            What about _variant_t containing arrays?

                            Use CComSafeArray[^].

                            _variant_t v;
                            // Assign a SAFEARRAY value to v
                            CComSafeArray<char, VT_UI1> sa(V_ARRAY(&v));
                            // Now we can access the SAFEARRAY using sa.

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                              As it's an array, VariantChangeType's not going to work. So, I'd suggest the code below. I'm assuming you want to access the non-null characters of the array and make them into a string?

                              CComSafeArray<char, VT_UI1> sa(V_ARRAY(&v));
                              CString s;
                              for(int index=sa.GetLowerBound();index<=sa.GetUpperBound()&&sa[index];++index)
                              {
                              s+=sa[index];
                              }

                              [edit] You'll also need to #include atlsafe.h and oleauto.h [/edit]

                              Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

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                              Hi Stuart, What do you think about this VT_UI1 SAFEARRAY to CStringA conversion method?BSTR b; BstrFromVector(pSA,&b); CStringA s = (LPCSTR)b;
                              Best Wishes, -David Delaune

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                                Hi Stuart, What do you think about this VT_UI1 SAFEARRAY to CStringA conversion method?BSTR b; BstrFromVector(pSA,&b); CStringA s = (LPCSTR)b;
                                Best Wishes, -David Delaune

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                                Stuart Dootson
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                                New to me - that'll teach me to do what I've told many other people to do and read the documentation :laugh: And of course it'll work with wide CStrings as well.

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                                  As it's an array, VariantChangeType's not going to work. So, I'd suggest the code below. I'm assuming you want to access the non-null characters of the array and make them into a string?

                                  CComSafeArray<char, VT_UI1> sa(V_ARRAY(&v));
                                  CString s;
                                  for(int index=sa.GetLowerBound();index<=sa.GetUpperBound()&&sa[index];++index)
                                  {
                                  s+=sa[index];
                                  }

                                  [edit] You'll also need to #include atlsafe.h and oleauto.h [/edit]

                                  Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

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                                  rdop
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                                  thanks it's working for me.

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