variant

what is the equivalent of a variant in .net?

Thanks in advance

[bruce barker]

Object
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what is the equivalent of a variant in .net?

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[Teemu Keiski]

The equivalent in .NET is the Object data type (object in C#).

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what is the equivalent of a variant in .net?

Thanks in advance

My vb function in com+ is:

public Function updatestatus(by val MessageControlI Das string ,byval Status
as string,byref ErrMessage as variant, optional byval QueueErrorMessa ge as
string ="")as variant

I am trying to call this through com interop:

object ReturnedValue;

ReturnedValue = HVOUTInstance.U pdateStatusByMC ID(MessageContr olID,
Status,ErrMessa ge, QueueErrorMessa ge);

I get an error saying " cannot convert from 'object' to ref object'

what should I do?

thanks

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[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

Object is the closest thing to it, since every thing in .NET - including
primitive data types - is an object, a variable of object type can point to
any data type.

You should however get used to using strongly defined types like string, int
etc and use object sparingly, for good practice if nothing else. Hard to
bebug a huge list of objects.

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Regards

John Timney (Microsoft ASP.NET MVP)
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