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   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   > Also, the ADODB example mentioned build-in(!) functions like   
   > lenb(),midb(),ascb() and chrb(), which I was not aware of.  Meaning I do   
   > not have to write them myself (my "method #2" was an early attempt to   
   > them). Phew. :-)   
      
   It seems I was a bit to fast there : the above work for BSTR and a VT_UI1   
   array, but error-out when I try to use them on even just a VT_I1 array.   
      
   It looks like I have to write my own versions of them after all. And I was   
   /so/ glad not to have to do that ... :-)   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
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