{{tag>category:"OpenInsight 64-bit" author:"Joshua Goddard" author:"Andrew McAuley"}}

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==== <IDISPATCH> vs string (OpenInsight 64-bit) ====
=== At 05 OCT 2023 08:10:53AM Joshua Goddard wrote: ===
 
 
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Hi,



let's say I have a variable that could be either a string or an <IDISPATCH>.



How can I determine (in basic+) whether the variable is a string or an <IDISPATCH>



Calling len on the variable causes the ENG0061 crash. Everything else I have tried also causes this crash. 
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=== At 05 OCT 2023 09:03AM Andrew McAuley wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Have you tried function descriptorType( var )? 4 will be an iDispatch. 



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