VARIANT_ValidateType ?

[Marcus Meissner]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 04:01:43AM -0800, Jon Griffiths wrote:
> Hi Marcus,
> 
> > Can you please explain why VARIANT_ValidateType rejects for
> > instance VT_SAFEARRAY
> > variants (and more) with DISP_E_BADVARTYPE?
> > 
> > Why does it handle the whole range VT_HRESULT - VT_CF as invalid
> > (except VT_RECORD) ?
> > 
> > We got one InstallShield regression from this patch (where it wants
> > to clear a VT_SAFEARRAY I think).
> 
> Hmm, my test harness for VariantClear tests every possible
> combination of variant type from 0 - 0xfff, with every possible
> combination of flags, and gets the same results under Wine as under
> XP here. I'll check that the patch in Wine is current and get back to
> you tomorrow.

Hmm, sorry for the confusion, it was cleaned up in the meantime.

Your code is correct, the _copy_arg() code for ITypeLib::Invoke was at fault.

Ciao, Marcus