>Thank Alistair, however the function I'm calling looks like this
>
>short GetColumnHeadings(long QueryID, VARIANT *Headings)
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>This functions returns the column headings (also referred to as column names).
>
>Example:
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> Stat = Shuttle.GetColumnHeadings(QueryID, ColHeadings)
>

Doesn't this work?:

DIMENSION aColHeadings
Shuttle=CREATEOBJECT("Shuttle.Object") && or whatever
Stat = Shuttle.GetColumnHeadings(QueryID, @aColHeadings)