Variant.ToVariant Method

Converts the given variant object to a Variant class object.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package
Assemblies:   Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.10.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.10.0.dll)
  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.9.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.LanguageService.9.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ToVariant ( _
    ptr As IntPtr _
) As Variant
'Usage
Dim ptr As IntPtr
Dim returnValue As Variant

returnValue = Variant.ToVariant(ptr)

public static Variant ToVariant(
    IntPtr ptr
)

public:
static Variant ToVariant(
    IntPtr ptr
)

static member ToVariant : 
        ptr:IntPtr -> Variant 

public static function ToVariant(
    ptr : IntPtr
) : Variant

Parameters

• ptr
  Type: System.IntPtr
  [in] An IntPtr to be marshaled as a variant object.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package.Variant
If successful, returns a Variant object containing the value of the marshaled variant object; otherwise, returns an empty Variant object.

Remarks

This method is used by the HandlePreExec method on the ViewFilter class to convert the marshaled variant object to a language service-specified Variant object.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

Variant Structure

Variant Members

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Package Namespace