TypeFromVarType Method

The VarType for which the corresponding CLR (.NET) type should be determined.

Because the VarType has an implicit conversion from System.Int32 and VarTypes, in languages that support implicit conversion operators (such as C# or VB.NET), you can simply use an integer (representing the numerical value of the COM VARTYPE), or an element of the VarTypes enumeration (or an allowed combination of VarTypes flags) in place of this parameter, and the corresponding data type specification will be constructed automatically. When the implicit conversion operators are not supported (such as with Python.NET), you can use the VarType Constructor(Int32) or VarType Constructor(VarTypes) constructor instead.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Determines a CLR (.NET) System.Type that corresponds to a given OLE automation VarType .

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
<NotNullAttribute()>
Public Shared Function TypeFromVarType( _
   ByVal varType As VarType _
) As Type

'Usage
 
Dim varType As VarType
Dim value As Type
 
value = VarTypeUtilities.TypeFromVarType(varType)

[NotNull()]
public static Type TypeFromVarType( 
   VarType varType
)

[NotNull()]
public:
static Type^ TypeFromVarType( 
   VarType^ varType
)

Parameters

varType

The VarType for which the corresponding CLR (.NET) type should be determined.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

The resulting System.Type. If it cannot be specifically determined, a typeof(Object) is returned.

This method never returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Exceptions

Exception Description

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	A `null` reference (`Nothing` in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument. This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

System.ArgumentNullException

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

Reference

VarTypeUtilities Class
VarTypeUtilities Members

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