Re: Return a pointer from COM's method

Thanks, but beside array of USHORT, I also need some method to return a
pointer to a structure or class. Please advise thanks.

Best Regards,
Acer Blue

"thatsalok" <thatsalok@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Why don't you try SAFEARRAY for returning array of Short
>
> --
> cheers,
> Alok Gupta
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> "msnews.microsoft.com" <acerblue@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Hi,
> > I'm new to COM programming. Currently I'm creating a COM dll and calling
a
> > lib that parsing and storing information. I'd like to create a method to
> > return the pointer for a particular array of data, is it possible to do
> that
> > in COM interface ?
> > eg:-
> > STDMETHOD(GetData)(USHORT** pData);
> >
> > When I try to call this method from C#, the compiler gives me interface
> > pointer casting error.
> >
> > Please advise. Thanks
> >
> > AcerBlue
> >
> >
>
>


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