title: Using COM object from C++ that in C#.NET returns object []
body: <p>I have a COM object that I'm trying to use from C++ (not .NET), and all of the example programs and manual are written assuming the use of C#.NET or VB.NET. COM is new to me so I'm a bit overwhelmed. I'm using #import on the TLB but am struggling to deal with the variants that are used as parameters. I have one particular method, that according to the docs and the example programs in C#.NET, is supposed to return an object[]. Then I'm supposed to cast the first entry in this array to a ControlEvent which then tells me what to do with the rest of the objects in the array. The C#.NET example looks like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>object [] objEvent = (object []) Ctl.GetEvent();
  ControlEvent ev = (ControlEvent) objEvent[0];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In my case, GetEvent is returning me a _variant_t and I need to know how to convert this to an object[] so that I can further process. Its not clear to me even how I express 'object' in C++. I see _variant_t documentation showing me a million things I can convert the variant to, but none of them seem to be converting to anything I can use. I'm hoping for some assistance converting the above C#.NET code to Visual C++  </p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>