Updated: November 2007
An enumeration type used in VARIANT, TYPEDESC, and safearrays.
The following listing identifies the enumeration that applies to each.
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// VARENUM usage key,
//
// [V] - May appear in a VARIANT.
// [T] - May appear in a TYPEDESC.
// [P] - may appear in an OLE property set.
// [S] - May appear in a Safe Array.
//
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VT_EMPTY [V] [P] // Not specified.
VT_NULL [V] // SQL-style Null.
VT_I2 [V][T][P][S] // 2-byte signed int.
VT_I4 [V][T][P][S] // 4-byte-signed int.
VT_R4 [V][T][P][S] // 4-byte real.
VT_R8 [V][T][P][S] // 8-byte real.
VT_CY [V][T][P][S] // Currency.
VT_DATE [V][T][P][S] // Date.
VT_BSTR [V][T][P][S] // Automation string.
VT_DISPATCH [V][T] [S] // IDispatch.Far*
VT_ERROR [V][T] [S] // Scodes.
VT_BOOL [V][T][P][S] // Boolean; True=-1, False=0.
VT_VARIANT [V][T][P][S] // VARIANT FAR*.
VT_DECIMAL [V][T] [S] // 16 byte fixed point.
VT_RECORD [V] [P][S] // User defined type
VT_UNKNOWN [V][T] [S] // IUnknown FAR*.
VT_I1 [V][T] [S] // Char.
VT_UI1 [V][T] [S] // Unsigned char.
VT_UI2 [V][T] [S] // 2 byte unsigned int.
VT_UI4 [V][T] [S] // 4 byte unsigned int.
VT_INT [V][T] [S] // Signed machine int.
VT_UINT [V][T] [S] // Unsigned machine int.
VT_VOID [T] // C-style void.
VT_HRESULT [T]
VT_PTR [T] // Pointer type.
VT_SAFEARRAY [T] // Use VT_ARRAY in VARIANT.
VT_CARRAY [T] // C-style array.
VT_USERDEFINED [T] // User-defined type.
VT_LPSTR [T][P] // Null-terminated string.
VT_LPWSTR [T][P] // Wide null-terminated string.
VT_FILETIME [P] //FILETIME
VT_BLOB [P] //Length prefixed bytes
VT_STREAM [P] //Name of the stream follows
VT_STORAGE [P] //Name of the storage follows
VT_STREAMED_OBJECT [P] //Stream contains an object
VT_STORED_OBJECT [P] //Storage contains an object
VT_BLOB_OBJECT [P] //Blob contains an object
VT_CF [P] //Clipboard format
VT_CLSID [P] //A Class ID
VT_VECTOR [P] //simple counted array
VT_ARRAY [V] // SAFEARRAY*.
VT_BYREF [V]
VT_RESERVED
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