siVariantType

Description

The variant type determines the kind of value that can be stored in a parameter.

Note: Only a subset of these types are fully supported and recommended for use: these are siString, siBool, siDouble, siFloat, siInt4, siInt2, siUInt4, siUInt2, siByte, and siUByte. (See Comparing Data Types across Languages for more information).

C# Syntax

siVariantType.siEmpty                                                       // 0
siVariantType.siInt2                                                        // 2
siVariantType.siInt4                                                        // 3
siVariantType.siFloat                                                       // 4
siVariantType.siDouble                                                      // 5
siVariantType.siString                                                      // 8
siVariantType.siDispatch                                                    // 9
siVariantType.siBool                                                        // 11
siVariantType.siUnknown                                                     // 13
siVariantType.siByte                                                        // 16
siVariantType.siUByte                                                       // 17
siVariantType.siUInt2                                                       // 18
siVariantType.siUInt4                                                       // 19
siVariantType.siInt                                                         // 22
siVariantType.siUInt                                                        // 23
siVariantType.siWStr                                                        // 31

Constant

Value

Description

siEmpty

0

no type

siInt2

2

2 bytes signed integer number (-32768..32767)

siInt4

3

4 bytes signed integer number (-2147483648..2147483647) (See Long)

siFloat

4

Float: single precision real number (-3.402823466e+38F..3.402823466e+38F)

siDouble

5

Double: double precision real number (-1.7976931348623158e+308..1.7976931348623158e+308)

siString

8

Text represented as a BSTR. See String.

siDispatch

9

dispatch object. This is an object which exposes methods and properties to scripting. This is the variant type of all objects in the Object Model.

siBool

11

Boolean

siUnknown

13

Pointer to a COM object. This object cannot be manipulated from scripting and such an object is not normally exposed in the Object Model.

siByte

16

byte (-128..127)

siUByte

17

unsigned byte (0..255)

siUInt2

18

2 bytes unsigned integer number (0..65535)

siUInt4

19

4 bytes unsigned integer number (0..4294967295)

siInt

22

signed machine integer. This variant type is not supported, use siInt4 instead.

siUInt

23

unsigned machine integer. This variant type is not supported, use siUInt4 instead.

siWStr

31

Null-terminated wide character string. This variant type is rarely encountered because siString is the recommended representation for all Softimage strings.

Applies To

EditParameterDefinition

SIAddCustomParameter

ArgumentCollection.Add

CustomProperty.AddParameter

CustomProperty.AddParameter2

CustomProperty.AddParameter3

InputPort.Value

Parameter.ValueType

XSIFactory.CreateParamDef

XSIFactory.CreateParamDef2

XSIUtils.GetVariantType

 

See Also

FCurve

Parameter.AddFCurve

Parameter.AddFCurve2

Parameter.Max

Parameter.Min

Parameter.SuggestedMax

Parameter.SuggestedMin

Preferences

FCurve

 

 

 



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