COM VARIANT to C#

[.::alex::.]

Hello,

Maybe you already guess the problem.

I have a COM with a method in a Interface like that:
HRESULT GetArray([out, retval]VARIANT *pVal);

so this method will return a VARIANT. This VARIANT contains a SafeArray - 1
dimension.

The SAFEARRAY contains a vector<CComBSTR > arr;

I'll give you the customized (for this post) body function:

STDMETHODIMP CPersonsHandler ::GetNames(VARI ANT *pVal)
{
vector<CComBSTR > arrNames;
arrNames.push_b ack("name 1");
arrNames.push_b ack("name 2");
arrNames.push_b ack("name 3");
arrNames.push_b ack("name 4");
VariantInit( pVal );
int nSize = arrNames.size() ;
SAFEARRAY *psa;
SAFEARRAYBOUND bounds = {nSize, 0};
psa = ::SafeArrayCrea te(VT_VARIANT, 1, &bounds);
VARIANT * VarArray;
::SafeArrayAcce ssData(psa, (void**)&VarArr ay);
int i = 0;
vector<CComBSTR >::iterator it;
for (it = arrNames.begin( ); it != arrNames.end(); it++, i++)
{
VarArray[i].vt = VT_BSTR;
VarArray[i].bstrVal = ::SysAllocStrin g((*it).m_str);
}
SafeArrayUnacce ssData(psa);
pVal = psa;
return S_OK;
}
My question is how to obtain the values from VARIANT in C#?

Thank you a lot in advance,

Alex