Article ID: 189351
Article Last Modified on 12/2/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.1
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.2
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1 Subscription
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Control Creation Edition
- Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q189351
SYMPTOMS
When you use early binding of an automation server in Visual Basic and you
pass a SafeArray as a Variant, the following error occurs:
Run-time error '1001':
Type Mismatch in Parameter. Pass a string array by reference.
You can use the MFCArray sample to observe this behavior:
140202 SAMPLE: MFCARRAY Using Safe Arrays in MFC Automation
CAUSE
For late binding, which is used for MFCArray, Visual Basic uses the
Automation DLL's to package up the SafeArray in a Variant or Variant* for
use in the server. However, for early binding Visual Basic must package up
the SafeArray itself, therefore implementation in Visual Basic is limited
to Variant*.
RESOLUTION
If you do not have access to the source code for the server, then you must
use late binding in Visual Basic.
If you have access to the source code of the server, you can update the
server so that the array of strings is passed to the method in a VARIANT*
instead of a "const VARIANT&". This technique is discussed in the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
167668 HOWTO: Passing a SafeArray of Strings in a VARIANT*
Passing a SafeArray to a method in a Variant* works in Visual Basic for
both early and late binding of automation servers.
STATUS
The requirement that you use Variant* to pass a SafeArray when using early
binding in Visual Basic is by design.
NOTE: The current version of the MFCArray sample was intended to show only
late binding of automation servers.
REFERENCES
For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
140202 SAMPLE: MFCARRAY: Using Safe Arrays in MFC Automation
167668 HOWTO: Passing a SafeArray of strings in a VARIANT
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