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  • CPalliniC CPallini

    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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    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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    • S Stuart Dootson

      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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      Plz help me some one

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      • R rdop

        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...

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

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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? :)

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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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                  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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                  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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                  • CPalliniC CPallini

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

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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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                    • S Stuart Dootson

                      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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                        • S Stuart Dootson

                          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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