DexObject_AddProperty()

The DexObject_AddProperty() function adds a property to a callback object.

Syntax

DexObject_AddProperty(callback_object, name, type {, dispatch_id})

Parameters

• callback_object – A reference to the callback object to which a property is being added.

• name – A string specifying the name for the property being added to the callback. Each property in the callback object must have a unique name.

• type – An integer that specifies the property type. The following values are valid types.

DATATYPE_BOOLEAN	DATATYPE_INTEGER
DATATYPE_CURRENCY	DATATYPE_LONG_INTEGER
DATATYPE_VCURRENCY	DATATYPE_REFERENCE
DATATYPE_DATE	DATATYPE_STRING
DATATYPE_DATETIME	DATATYPE_TIME

• dispatch_id - An optional long integer that specifies the identifier for the property. It is typically represented as a hexadecimal value.

Return value

A boolean indicating whether the property was added. True indicates that the property was added, while false indicates that it was not.

Comments

If you are creating a callback object to handle events from another application, be sure the property has exactly the same name as the corresponding property in the COM interface for that application. The name is case-sensitive.