Convert COM Types to MATLAB Types

This table shows how MATLAB^® converts data from a COM application into MATLAB types.

COM Variant Type	Description	MATLAB Type
`VT_DISPATCH`	`IDispatch *`	handle
`VT_LPWSTR` `VT_LPSTR` `VT_BSTR` `VT_FILETIME` `VT_ERROR` `VT_DECIMAL` `VT_CLSID` `VT_DATE`	wide `null` terminated string `null` terminated string OLE Automation string `FILETIME` `SCODE` 16-byte fixed point Class ID date	character vector
`VT_INT` `VT_UINT` `VT_I2` `VT_UI2` `VT_I4` `VT_UI4` `VT_R4` `VT_R8` `VT_CY`	`signed machine int` `unsigned machine int` 2 byte `signed int` `unsigned short` 4 byte `signed int` `unsigned long` 4 byte `real` 8 byte `real` currency	`double`
`VT_I8`	`signed int64`	`int64`
`VT_UI8`	`unsigned int64`	`uint64`
`VT_BOOL`		`logical`
`VT_I1` `VT_UI1`	`signed char` `unsigned char`	char
`VT_VARIANT` `VT_USERDEFINED` `VT_ARRAY`	`VARIANT ` user-defined type `SAFEARRAY`	`variant`
`VT_VARIANT` \| `VT_BYREF`	`VARIANT ` `void` for local use	`variant(pointer)`
`VT_SAFEARRAY`	use `VT_ARRAY` in `VARIANT`	`SAFEARRAY`
`VT_SAFEARRAY` \| `VT_BYREF`		`SAFEARRAY`(pointer)

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