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<refentry xml:id="function.variant-cast" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>variant_cast</refname>
  <refpurpose>Convert a variant into a new variant object of another type</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>variant</type><methodname>variant_cast</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>variant</type><parameter>variant</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>type</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   This function makes a copy of <parameter>variant</parameter> and then
   performs a variant cast operation to force the copy to have the type
   given by <parameter>type</parameter>.
  </para>
  <para>
   This function wraps VariantChangeType() in the COM library; consult MSDN
   for more information.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>variant</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The variant.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>type</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <parameter>type</parameter> should be one of the
       <constant>VT_XXX</constant> constants.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a <constant>VT_DATE</constant> variant.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>variant_set_type</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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