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COleVariant::SetString

Sets the string to a particular type.

void SetString( 
   LPCTSTR lpszSrc, 
   VARTYPE vtSrc  
);

Parameters

  • lpszSrc
    A null-terminated string to be copied into the new COleVariant object.

  • VtSrc
    The VARTYPE for the new COleVariant object.

Remarks

The parameter vtSrc must be VT_BSTR (UNICODE) or VT_BSTRT (ANSI). SetString is typically used to set strings to ANSI, since the default for the COleVariant::COleVariant constructor with a string or string pointer parameter and no VARTYPE is UNICODE.

A DAO recordset in a non-UNICODE build expects strings to be ANSI. Thus, for DAO functions that use COleVariant objects, if you are not creating a UNICODE recordset, you must use the COleVariant::COleVariant( lpszSrc**,** vtSrc ) form of constructor with vtSrc set to VT_BSTRT (ANSI) or use SetString with vtSrc set to VT_BSTRT to make ANSI strings. For example, the CDaoRecordset functions CDaoRecordset::Seek and CDaoRecordset::SetFieldValue use COleVariant objects as parameters. These objects must be ANSI if the DAO recordset is not UNICODE.

Requirements

Header: afxdisp.h

See Also

Reference

COleVariant Class

Hierarchy Chart

COleVariant::COleVariant

CDaoRecordset::Seek

CDaoRecordset::SetFieldValue

Other Resources

COleVariant Members