changelog.md

Oaidl change log

0.1.5 Release

Generics Updated SafeArrayExt to be implemented on ExactSizeIterator<Item=SafeArrayElement> This necessitated a change to the interfaces of .into_safearray and .into_variant from &mut self to self. This means the original value will be consumed.

0.1.4 Release (Published) Oct-8-2018

Initial feature set released.

To/From BSTR

• String (through U16String from the widestring crate.)

To/From SAFEARRAY

• Vec<T> where T is:
  • i16
  • i32
  • f32
  • f64
  • Currency
  • Date
  • String
  • Ptr<IDispatch>
  • SCode
  • bool
  • Variant<T> where T is supported by VARIANT
  • Ptr<IUnknown>
  • Decimal, DecWrapper
  • i8
  • u8
  • u16
  • u32
  • Int
  • UInt

To/From VARIANT

• i64
• i32
• u8
• i16
• f32
• f64
• bool
• SCode
• Currency
• Date
• String
• Ptr<IUnknown>
• Ptr<IDispatch>
• Box<u8>
• Box<i16>
• Box<i32>
• Box<i64>
• Box<f32>
• Box<f64>
• Box<bool>
• Box<SCode>
• Box<Currency>
• Box<Date>
• Box<String>
• Box<Ptr<IUnknown>>
• Box<Ptr<IDispatch>>
• Variant<T> where T is any of these supported types
• Vec<T> where T is any of the SafeArray supported types
• Ptr<c_void>
• i8
• u16
• u32
• u32
• Int
• UInt
• Box<Decimal>
• Box<i8>
• Box<u16>
• Box<u32>
• Box<u64>
• Box<Int>
• Box<UInt>
• DecWrapper, Decimal

New types for convenience usage

• Ptr<T> which encapsulates a pointer of type *mut T
• Currency which can be converted to and from the COM/OLE type CY
• Date which can be converted to and from the COM/OLE type DATE
• DecWrapper which wraps the type Decimal from the crate rust_decimal and converts into COM/OLE type DECIMAL
• Int which is used for VT_INT conversions
• UInt which is used for VT_UINT conversions
• SCode which is used for VT_ERROR conversions
• VariantBool which can convert between the bool <==> VARIANT_BOOL types
• Variant<T> holds a value of type T for VT_VARIANT conversions
• VtEmpty which is used for VT_EMPTY conversions
• VtNull which is used for VT_NULL conversions