Automation object wants a safe array of DWORDS?

[Robin Tucker]

My automation object (COM) wants a safe array of DWORDS passed into it, but
VB.NET tells me what I'm passing in is invalid. I assumed all basic arrays
in .NET were implicitly System.Array's and that the marshaller would
automatically convert it to the required SAFEARRAY. This appears not to be
the case, unless Im doing something totally dumb:

Dim thePalette(256) As System.UInt32

theDocument.GetPalette(256, CType(thePalette, System.Array))


the "GetPalette" method requires an integer and a reference to a
System.Array.

Any thoughts?

 

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

VB.Net does not like to pass uint32 to a com object try using an
integer instead.

Ken

 

[Robin Tucker]

Yes, I first tried with integer, ie:

Dim thePalette(256) As Integer

theDocument.GetPalette(256, CType(thePalette, System.Array))

But same problem. What is the usual way a SAFEARRAY(DWORD) would be passed
into a method? (its IDL entry looks like this

HRESULT GetPalette([in] int nRes, [out] SAFEARRAY(DWORD)* rgb);

 

[Robin Tucker]

Hmmm, I'm guessing the problem here is that the importer doesn't know how to
create a System.Array type with DWORD. I will get my collegue to change it
from DWORD to int and see if that works.

Yes, I first tried with integer, ie:

Dim thePalette(256) As Integer

theDocument.GetPalette(256, CType(thePalette, System.Array))

But same problem. What is the usual way a SAFEARRAY(DWORD) would be passed
into a method? (its IDL entry looks like this

HRESULT GetPalette([in] int nRes, [out] SAFEARRAY(DWORD)* rgb);

Hi,

VB.Net does not like to pass uint32 to a com object try

using

an
integer instead.

Ken

 

[Robin Tucker]

Ok, ok, wasn't anything wrong particularly with what I was doing, my
colleague did look into it at his end though:

"Oops. It turns out that the type library and the code disagreed. The code
was returning VT_I4 and the type library was advertising VT_UI4 (or
whatever). Both are now signed"

Hmmm, I'm guessing the problem here is that the importer doesn't know how to
create a System.Array type with DWORD. I will get my collegue to change it
from DWORD to int and see if that works.

Yes, I first tried with integer, ie:

Dim thePalette(256) As Integer

theDocument.GetPalette(256, CType(thePalette, System.Array))

But same problem. What is the usual way a SAFEARRAY(DWORD) would be passed
into a method? (its IDL entry looks like this

HRESULT GetPalette([in] int nRes, [out] SAFEARRAY(DWORD)* rgb);

Hi,

VB.Net does not like to pass uint32 to a com object try

using

an
integer instead.

Ken
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message My automation object (COM) wants a safe array of DWORDS passed into it,
but
VB.NET tells me what I'm passing in is invalid. I assumed all basic
arrays
in .NET were implicitly System.Array's and that the marshaller would
automatically convert it to the required SAFEARRAY. This appears

not

to