XPost: alt.windows7.general, comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   Newyana2,   
      
   > What JJ said. VBS doesn't do datatypes.   
      
   I beg to differer.  Its Variants are wrappers that can contain a multitude   
   of different data types.   Hence the existence of "vartype".   
      
   > I typically use a character-delimited string that can be converted to   
   > array easily by the caller:   
      
   I could.  But as the MS documentation to SysAllocString contains a warning   
   about autoconversion on it I though it would be better not to use it.  It   
   would no doubt bite me in the behind when I could least use it. :-\   
      
   > If you want to return an array then you have to convert each array member   
   > individually.   
      
   While replying to JJ I realized that if the problem is the auto-conversion   
   of the SafeArray when its stored into a variant by VBScript I should try and   
   see what happens when I also provide a variant to method #1 so the SafeArray   
   can be stored into it - possibly bypassing the auto-conversion.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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