Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 5.0 for Microsoft Office - XML Schemas

Supported Data Type Conversions

The following table lists the data type conversions supported by the MSXML 2.0 and later.

Data type Variant type
string VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_DATE, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL, VT_ARRAY
number VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
int VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
float VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
fixed.14.4 (currency) VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
boolean VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UII, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
dateTime VT_BSTR, VT_DATE, VT_VARIANT
i1 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
i2 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
i4 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
i8 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4
ui1 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UI1, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
ui2 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_UI1, VT_I2, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
ui4 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_VARIANT, VT_UI1, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
ui8 VT_BSTR, VT_BOOL, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_UI1, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
r4 VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
r8 VT_BSTR, VT_CY, VT_VARIANT, VT_DECIMAL, VT_I2, VT_I4, VT_R4, VT_R8, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL
uuid VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT
uri VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT
bin.hex VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT, VT_ARRAY
char VT_BSTR, VT_VARIANT, VT_I2, VT_EMPTY, VT_NULL

See Also

XDR Schema Data Types Reference | XDR Schema Data Types | Primitive XDR Schema Data Types | XDR Schema Developer's Guide | XDR Schema Reference