+// wrapper around BSTR type (by Vadim Zeitlin)
+
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxBasicString
+{
+public:
+ // ctors & dtor
+ wxBasicString(const char *sz);
+ wxBasicString(const wxString& str);
+ ~wxBasicString();
+
+ void Init(const char* sz);
+
+ // accessors
+ // just get the string
+ operator BSTR() const { return m_wzBuf; }
+ // retrieve a copy of our string - caller must SysFreeString() it later!
+ BSTR Get() const { return SysAllocString(m_wzBuf); }
+
+private:
+ // @@@ not implemented (but should be)
+ wxBasicString(const wxBasicString&);
+ wxBasicString& operator=(const wxBasicString&);
+
+ OLECHAR *m_wzBuf; // actual string
+};
+
+// Convert variants
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxVariant;
+
+bool wxConvertVariantToOle(const wxVariant& variant, VARIANTARG& oleVariant) ;
+bool wxConvertOleToVariant(const VARIANTARG& oleVariant, wxVariant& variant) ;
+
+// Convert string to Unicode
+BSTR wxConvertStringToOle(const wxString& str);
+
+// Convert string from BSTR to wxString
+wxString wxConvertStringFromOle(BSTR bStr);
+
+#else // !wxUSE_OLE
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// stub functions to avoid #if wxUSE_OLE in the main code
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+inline bool wxOleInitialize() { return false; }
+inline void wxOleUninitialize() { }
+
+#endif // wxUSE_OLE/!wxUSE_OLE
+
+#endif //_WX_OLEUTILS_H
+