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   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   JJ,   
      
   > It's mainly because for array, VBScript only have native support   
   > for array of variant.   
      
   I know.   
      
   What I /exepected/ was that it would just store the returned SafeArray into   
   a variant.  It would not be able to do anything with it, but that is where   
   Method #2 would come in.   
      
   Maybe I asked the wrong question, and it should have been   
      
   "How do I get VBScript to store non-native data, like a SafeArray of VT_UI1,   
   into a Variant".   
      
   > To workaround the problem, store the array of non-variant result   
   > from `Method1()` into VBScript generated array first,   
      
   :-) That is what tried to evade.   The returned data from method #1 could be   
   quite large, and having its size multiplied by 16 just because single bytes   
   need to be stored in Variants is quite wastefull.   
      
   > Only if the method argument type was specifically declared as   
   > a reference (i.e. only accept a reference),VBScript will pass   
   > a value as a reference.   
      
   While writing this reply I realized that providing a Variant as an [in,out]   
   type would probably allow me to put a SafeArray into it, and as such   
   bypassingt the auto-conversion.  I'll have to try and see.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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