+ return false;
+}
+
+WXDLLEXPORT BSTR wxConvertStringToOle(const wxString& str)
+{
+ return wxBasicString(str).Get();
+}
+
+WXDLLEXPORT wxString wxConvertStringFromOle(BSTR bStr)
+{
+ // NULL BSTR is equivalent to an empty string (this is the convention used
+ // by VB and hence we must follow it)
+ if ( !bStr )
+ return wxString();
+
+ const int len = SysStringLen(bStr);
+
+#if wxUSE_UNICODE
+ wxString str(bStr, len);
+#else
+ wxString str;
+ if (len)
+ {
+ wxStringBufferLength buf(str, len); // asserts if len == 0
+ buf.SetLength(WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0 /* no flags */,
+ bStr, len /* not necessarily NUL-terminated */,
+ buf, len,
+ NULL, NULL /* no default char */));
+ }
+#endif
+
+ return str;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxBasicString
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+wxBasicString::wxBasicString(const wxString& str)
+{
+ m_bstrBuf = SysAllocString(str.wc_str(*wxConvCurrent));
+}
+
+wxBasicString::wxBasicString(const wxBasicString& src)
+{
+ m_bstrBuf = src.Get();
+}
+
+wxBasicString& wxBasicString::operator=(const wxBasicString& src)
+{
+ SysReAllocString(&m_bstrBuf, src);
+ return *this;
+}
+
+wxBasicString::~wxBasicString()
+{
+ SysFreeString(m_bstrBuf);
+}
+
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Convert variants
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if wxUSE_VARIANT
+
+WXDLLEXPORT bool wxConvertVariantToOle(const wxVariant& variant, VARIANTARG& oleVariant)
+{
+ VariantInit(&oleVariant);
+ if (variant.IsNull())
+ {
+ oleVariant.vt = VT_NULL;
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ wxString type(variant.GetType());
+
+
+ if (type == wxT("long"))
+ {
+ oleVariant.vt = VT_I4;
+ oleVariant.lVal = variant.GetLong() ;
+ }
+ else if (type == wxT("char"))
+ {
+ oleVariant.vt=VT_I1; // Signed Char
+ oleVariant.cVal=variant.GetChar();
+ }
+ else if (type == wxT("double"))
+ {
+ oleVariant.vt = VT_R8;
+ oleVariant.dblVal = variant.GetDouble();
+ }
+ else if (type == wxT("bool"))
+ {
+ oleVariant.vt = VT_BOOL;
+ oleVariant.boolVal = variant.GetBool() ? VARIANT_TRUE : VARIANT_FALSE;
+ }
+ else if (type == wxT("string"))
+ {
+ wxString str( variant.GetString() );
+ oleVariant.vt = VT_BSTR;
+ oleVariant.bstrVal = wxConvertStringToOle(str);
+ }
+#if wxUSE_DATETIME
+ else if (type == wxT("datetime"))
+ {
+ wxDateTime date( variant.GetDateTime() );
+ oleVariant.vt = VT_DATE;
+
+ SYSTEMTIME st;
+ date.GetAsMSWSysTime(&st);
+
+ SystemTimeToVariantTime(&st, &oleVariant.date);
+ }
+#endif
+ else if (type == wxT("void*"))
+ {
+ oleVariant.vt = VT_DISPATCH;
+ oleVariant.pdispVal = (IDispatch*) variant.GetVoidPtr();
+ }
+ else if (type == wxT("list") || type == wxT("stringlist"))
+ {
+ oleVariant.vt = VT_VARIANT | VT_ARRAY;
+
+ SAFEARRAY *psa;
+ SAFEARRAYBOUND saBound;
+ VARIANTARG *pvargBase;
+ VARIANTARG *pvarg;
+ int i, j;
+
+ int iCount = variant.GetCount();
+
+ saBound.lLbound = 0;
+ saBound.cElements = iCount;
+
+ psa = SafeArrayCreate(VT_VARIANT, 1, &saBound);
+ if (psa == NULL)
+ return false;
+
+ SafeArrayAccessData(psa, (void**)&pvargBase);
+
+ pvarg = pvargBase;
+ for (i = 0; i < iCount; i++)
+ {
+ // copy each string in the list of strings
+ wxVariant eachVariant(variant[i]);
+ if (!wxConvertVariantToOle(eachVariant, * pvarg))
+ {
+ // memory failure: back out and free strings alloc'ed up to
+ // now, and then the array itself.
+ pvarg = pvargBase;
+ for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
+ {
+ SysFreeString(pvarg->bstrVal);
+ pvarg++;
+ }
+ SafeArrayDestroy(psa);
+ return false;
+ }
+ pvarg++;
+ }
+
+ SafeArrayUnaccessData(psa);
+
+ oleVariant.parray = psa;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ oleVariant.vt = VT_NULL;
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;