Parameters of TIBCO ActiveEnterprise methods and COM methods must be of equivalent types. Likewise, if a single parameter of a COM method is associated with a Publication or Subscription Service, the COM type of this parameter must correspond to a TIBCO ActiveEnterprise type.
The table below shows the mapping between COM (or VB types) and TIBCO ActiveEnterprise types:
COM Type
|
TIBCO ActiveEnterprise Type
|
---|---|
VT_I1
|
i1
|
VT_UI1
|
ui1
|
VT_I2
|
i2
|
VT_UI2
|
ui2
|
VT_I4
|
i4
|
VT_UI4
|
ui4
|
VT_INT
|
i4
|
VT_UINT
|
ui4
|
VT_BOOL
|
boolean
|
VT_R4
|
r4
|
VT_R8
|
r8
|
VT_CY
|
fixed.19.4
|
VT_DATE
|
dateTime
|
VT_BSTR
|
string or char.n1
|
User Defined Type (UDTs)
|
class
|
SAFEARRAY of x
|
sequence<x>
|
1n represents the maximum number of characters allowed in a string.
|
For more information on the mapping between TIBCO ActiveEnterprise and COM data types, see Appendix A, Data Types.
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