>>>>I am converting a Visual Basic routine to VFP. I need to send four parameters to an object oriented application. The Visual Basic routine uses the ARRAY() command like this:
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>>>>myParams=ARRAY("0p0","0p0","18p0","18p0")
>>>>myTFrame.GeometricBounds=myParams
>>>>
>>>>When I use the DIMENSION command to create a 1 dimension array, and then populate the array with the values given above, the application chokes. Is there a way in VFP to mimic the ARRAY() command in VB?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance...
>>>>
>>>>John Dennis
>>>
>>>John,
>>>Unfortunately, no. The ARRAY() function creates a SAFEARRAY. For a defintion of what a SAFEARRAY is, check out this MSDN topic. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/automat/chap7_9ntx.htm
>>>
>>>IAC, VFP does not create SAFEARRAYs so you can not assign a VFP array to something that is supposed to be an array property and have it work. If there was a method that took an array as a parameter, it would work because the array would be converted to a SAFEARRAY going through the COM barrier. But that doesn't look like the case here.
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>>>
>>>AFAIK, unless there is another interface to this property (e.g. method to set it), you won't be able to use this property with VFP.
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>>Larry,
>>
>>Will Ed's Constructor for SafeArrays work?
>
>Hi George,
>I think I tried something like this and it didn't work. I used SafeArrayCreateVector, got a valid pointer to it, pupulated it and tried to assign the ADSI IADsContainer Filter property with no joy.
>
>Maybe it was a problem with ADSI so this technique may work in this case.

The only other thought I had on this (and probably a very stupid one at that< g >), was that there's a Set event occurring when the assignment statement is executing. You know, analogous to our _Assign event. If so, maybe COMARRAY() might be of some help.