Try using QueryInterface to get the IUnknown of the cmd interface, and pass that through in your variant as an IUnknown, then at the client end use QueryInterface to get the ICommand interface back. Steve S [This signature space available for rent]

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Hi, You can return a Recordset as an IDispatch pointer like this: STDMETHODIMP CMyClass::GetAllRecords(BSTR bstrSearchKey, IDispatch **output) { .... .... *output = (IDispatch*) pRecordset.Detach(); //Return recordset as IDispatch } Regards, ShadiK Shadi Al-Kahwaji