>>>>Off the top of my head I don't know what the structure of a variant array looks like, but someone else probably does.
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>>>hmm. Who?
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>>Someone who doesn't believe that VB is the root of all evil...
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>Not me then...
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>I can get the C declarations (will take some digging) will that help you to help me?

Yep - I have a bit (read: lots) better knowledge of what C interfaces look like.