static Variant writeSafeArray(String string) {
// Create a one dimensional safearray containing two VT_UI1 values
// where VT_UI1 is an unsigned char
// Define cDims, fFeatures and cbElements
short cDims = 1;
short FADF_FIXEDSIZE = 0x10;
short FADF_HAVEVARTYPE = 0x80;
short fFeatures = (short) (FADF_FIXEDSIZE | FADF_HAVEVARTYPE);
int cbElements = 1;
// Create a pointer and copy the data into it
int count = string.length();
char[] chars = new char[count + 1];
string.getChars(0, count, chars, 0);
int cchMultiByte = OS.WideCharToMultiByte(CodePage, 0, chars, -1, null, 0, null, null);
if (cchMultiByte == 0) return null;
long /*int*/ pvData = OS.GlobalAlloc(OS.GMEM_FIXED | OS.GMEM_ZEROINIT, cchMultiByte);
OS.WideCharToMultiByte(CodePage, 0, chars, -1, pvData, cchMultiByte, null, null);
int cElements1 = cchMultiByte;
int lLbound1 = 0;
// Create a safearray in memory
long /*int*/ pSafeArray = OS.GlobalAlloc(OS.GMEM_FIXED | OS.GMEM_ZEROINIT, SAFEARRAY.sizeof);
SAFEARRAY safeArray = new SAFEARRAY();
safeArray.cDims = cDims;
safeArray.fFeatures = fFeatures;
safeArray.cbElements = cbElements;
safeArray.pvData = pvData;
SAFEARRAYBOUND safeArrayBound = new SAFEARRAYBOUND();
safeArray.rgsabound = safeArrayBound;
safeArrayBound.cElements = cElements1;
safeArrayBound.lLbound = lLbound1;
OS.MoveMemory(pSafeArray, safeArray, SAFEARRAY.sizeof);
// Create a variant in memory to hold the safearray
long /*int*/ pVariant = OS.GlobalAlloc(OS.GMEM_FIXED | OS.GMEM_ZEROINIT, Variant.sizeof);
short vt = (short) (OLE.VT_ARRAY | OLE.VT_UI1);
OS.MoveMemory(pVariant, new short[] {vt}, 2);
OS.MoveMemory(pVariant + 8, new long /*int*/[] {pSafeArray}, OS.PTR_SIZEOF);
// Create a by ref variant
Variant variantByRef = new Variant(pVariant, (short) (OLE.VT_BYREF | OLE.VT_VARIANT));
return variantByRef;
}
