VariantStrFromStr - cCharTranslate

Creates a Variant String from an OEM, ANSI or UTF-8 DataFlex String

Type: Function
Return Data Type: Variant

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
sValue	String	A DataFlex string
eCodeType	Integer

Syntax

Function VariantStrFromStr String sValue Integer eCodeType Returns Variant

Call Example

Get VariantStrFromStr sValue eCodeType to VariantVariable

Description

VariantStrFromBuffer creates a Variant String from an OEM, ANSI or UTF-8 DataFlex String.

See discussion in the cCharTranslate class overview about the advantages and disadvantage of using the Variant String type.

Use Windows.pkg
Use cCharTranslate.pkg

Object oCharTranslate is a cCharTranslate
End_Object

Procedure TestVariantStr
    Address aUTF8Buffer
    Variant vVar vVar2
    String sVal

    Move "Test String-Ññóí" to vVar

    // Move Variant (utf-16) to DataFlex OEM string
    Get VariantStrToStr of oCharTranslate vVar CP_OEMCP to sVal

    // Move OEM string to variant (utf-16)
    Get VariantStrFromStr of oCharTranslate sVal CP_OEMCP to vVar2
    If (vVar<>vVar2) Begin
        Send Info_Box "Test Failed"
    End

End_Procedure

Send TestVariantStr

Return Value

The string is converted to UTF-16 Unicode and returned as a Variant string