Unit 'Variants' Package
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TCustomVariantType.Cast

Cast a custom variant to another type.

Declaration

Source position: variants.pp line 207

public procedure TCustomVariantType.Cast(

  var Dest: TVarData;

  const Source: TVarData

); virtual;

Arguments

Dest

  

Custom variant to copy value to.

Source

  

Variant to copy value from.

Description

Cast is called when a variant value Source is cast to a custom variant Dest. Descendents must override this method to provide the desired conversion behaviour.

The TCustomVariantType implementation of Cast calls CastTo on the source variant with as destination type the custom variant type.

Errors

If the variant type cannot be cast, an exception is raised.

See also

TCustomVariantType.CastTo

  

Cast a custom variant to another type.

TCustomVariantType.CastToOle

  

Cast variant value to OLE value.


Documentation generated on: Nov 22 2024