the wxVariantData object, unlike the case for basic data types where
convenience functions such as GetLong() can be used.
+ Under Microsoft Windows, three additional wxVariantData-derived classes --
+ wxVariantDataCurrency, wxVariantDataErrorCode and wxVariantDataSafeArray --
+ are available for interoperation with OLE VARIANT when using wxAutomationObject.
+
Pointers to any wxObject derived class can also easily be stored in a
wxVariant. wxVariant will then use wxWidgets' built-in RTTI system to set
the type name (returned by GetType()) and to perform type-safety checks at