>Roi, have you ever seen the 'e' type in the debugger? I haven't. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist, just that I haven't seen it. Can you provide an example that would show up that way in the debugger?

Well, no, but I never really looked for it either. I just happened to come across it the help the other day and remembered it mentioned using the 'e' prefix. A quick help search mentioned variants in the context of drag and drop and also .dll return data types.

Sorry I can't of much more help.