VB to AutoIT

[dragonlord]

I need to call a method named GetServerList from a com object . (It's an object of IBM QMF editor for windows).

The API documentation says the following abt the function.

short GetServerList(VARIANT* List)

Description

-------------

This function returns an array containing the names of the database servers

defined in QMF for Windows's Server Definition File (SDF). You must define a

database server in the SDF file if you want to access it using the QMF for

Windows API.

Parameters

-------------

Name : List

Description :

A pointer to a VARIANT in which the result is stored. The result is an

array of strings (variant type VT_ARRAY | VT_BSTR), with each string

containing the name of one database server. If you have not defined any

database servers, the result is empty (variant type VT_EMPTY). You

must properly initialize the VARIANT before calling this function. Visual

Basic does this automatically. Visual C++ programmers must call

VariantInit().

[Due to a bug in Microsoft Excel 7.0 and Microsoft

other 32-bit Microsoft products that use Visual

string data in Variant variables received from QMF

translated from Unicode (used by OLE) to ANSI

occurs, only the first character of the string is

problem, set the variable equal to an empty string

for Windows function that uses the variable.

Note]

Now to my problem : What kinda parameter should i be passing to the function ? I tried the below

Dim $myArray[5]

$oQMFWin.GetServerList($myArray)

But i get a ComError with description : TypeMismatch

Somebody can point out what i'm doing wrong ?

Edited June 5, 2007 by dragonlord

[dragonlord]

was it that confusing ?

in short, what is the autoit equivalent for the following vb code ??

Dim myServerList As Variant

QMFWin.GetServerList(myServerList)

what type should myServerList be in autoit. I tried myServerList[5], gave type mismatch com error.

Edited June 5, 2007 by dragonlord

[PsaltyDS]

was it that confusing ?

in short, what is the autoit equivalent for the following vb code ??

Dim myServerList As Variant

QMFWin.GetServerList(myServerList)

what type should myServerList be in autoit. I tried myServerList[5], gave type mismatch com error.

All variables in AutoIt are C type 'variant'. Read the help file under Variables. Your code translates in AutoIt to:

Dim $myServerList
$QMFWin.GetServerList($myServerList)

P.S. Is this from page 138 of "A DB2 Enterprise Query Environment Build It with QMF forWindows!"?

Edited June 5, 2007 by PsaltyDS

[dragonlord]

I did c it in the help doc, and i tried with just Dim variable, and using that, but still it gave a Type mismatch.

My understanding is that the Autoit variant means the type can be anything, but not a collection, whereas the dll function expects a collection object variable to give out it's result.

[it is from the pdf u mentioned. :-) ]

All variables in AutoIt are C type 'variant'. Read the help file under Variables. Your code translates in AutoIt to:

Dim $myServerList
$QMFWin.GetServerList($myServerList)

P.S. Is this from page 138 of "A DB2 Enterprise Query Environment Build It with QMF forWindows!"?