[DUG] Returning IDispatch instead of OleVariant in TypeLibrary

[Conor Boyd]

I'm not sure if this is your issue or not, but...

I'd mentioned in my original "buggy type library" response the
following:
*	Under Tools, Options, set the Type Library language to Pascal,
not IDL.
*	Under Tools, Options, set the SafeCall function mapping to All
v-table interfaces.

You may also need to look at some of the items on the Flags tab in the
Type Library editor for the interface/method you're working with.

You could look at those settings, and see if they affect what you're
trying to do.

Cheers,

C. 

-----Original Message-----
From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz]
On Behalf Of Phil Middlemiss

I notice in the .pas files for M$ Automation objects (Server tab) such
as Word etc. that the interfaces return IDispatch.

I can't seem to get my type library to return anything but OleVariant by
defining a return parameter of VARIANT *. If I try and set it to the
actual dispinterface that *is* returned, I get an error message saying
it must return a type of pointer (even when I stick the * on the end of
it). Same if I try and set it to IDispatch.

Is there some trick here?