Variant Class
Variant.When the object is serialized out as xml, its qualified name is vt:variant.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OpenXmlElement
DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OpenXmlCompositeElement
DocumentFormat.OpenXml.VariantTypes.Variant
Namespace: DocumentFormat.OpenXml.VariantTypes
Assembly: DocumentFormat.OpenXml (in DocumentFormat.OpenXml.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTOStreamData))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTUnsignedInteger))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTClipboardData))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTVector))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTArray))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTBlob))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTOBlob))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTEmpty))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTNull))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTByte))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTShort))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTInt32))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTInt64))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTInteger))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTUnsignedByte))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTUnsignedShort))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTUnsignedInt32))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTUnsignedInt64))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(Variant))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTFloat))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTDouble))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTDecimal))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTLPSTR))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTLPWSTR))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTBString))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTDate))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTFileTime))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTBool))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTCurrency))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTError))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTStreamData))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTStorage))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTOStorage))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTVStreamData))> _
<ChildElementInfoAttribute(GetType(VTClassId))> _
Public Class Variant _
Inherits OpenXmlCompositeElement
'Usage
Dim instance As Variant
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTOStreamData))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTUnsignedInteger))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTClipboardData))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTVector))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTArray))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTBlob))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTOBlob))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTEmpty))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTNull))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTByte))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTShort))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTInt32))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTInt64))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTInteger))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTUnsignedByte))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTUnsignedShort))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTUnsignedInt32))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTUnsignedInt64))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(Variant))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTFloat))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTDouble))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTDecimal))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTLPSTR))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTLPWSTR))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTBString))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTDate))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTFileTime))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTBool))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTCurrency))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTError))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTStreamData))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTStorage))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTOStorage))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTVStreamData))]
[ChildElementInfoAttribute(typeof(VTClassId))]
public class Variant : OpenXmlCompositeElement
Remarks
The following table lists the possible child types:
Variant <vt:variant>
VTVector <vt:vector>
VTArray <vt:array>
VTBlob <vt:blob>
VTOBlob <vt:oblob>
VTEmpty <vt:empty>
VTNull <vt:null>
VTByte <vt:i1>
VTShort <vt:i2>
VTInt32 <vt:i4>
VTInt64 <vt:i8>
VTInteger <vt:int>
VTUnsignedByte <vt:ui1>
VTUnsignedShort <vt:ui2>
VTUnsignedInt32 <vt:ui4>
VTUnsignedInt64 <vt:ui8>
VTUnsignedInteger <vt:uint>
VTFloat <vt:r4>
VTDouble <vt:r8>
VTDecimal <vt:decimal>
VTLPSTR <vt:lpstr>
VTLPWSTR <vt:lpwstr>
VTBString <vt:bstr>
VTDate <vt:date>
VTFileTime <vt:filetime>
VTBool <vt:bool>
VTCurrency <vt:cy>
VTError <vt:error>
VTStreamData <vt:stream>
VTOStreamData <vt:ostream>
VTStorage <vt:storage>
VTOStorage <vt:ostorage>
VTVStreamData <vt:vstream>
VTClassId <vt:clsid>
VTClipboardData <vt:cf>
[ISO/IEC 29500-1 1st Edition]
22.4.2.32 variant (Variant)
This element can contain exactly 1 child element of any variant type. This element is only valid as a child element of a vector or array variant type.
[Example: A vector of variant types:
<vt:vector baseType="variant"> <vt:variant> <vt:i4>12</vt:i4> </vt:variant> <vt:variant> <vt:lpstr>WorkSheets</vt:lpstr> </vt:variant> </vt:vector>
end example]
Parent Elements |
|---|
array (§22.4.2.1); variant (§22.4.2.32); vector (§22.4.2.33) |
Child Elements |
Subclause |
|---|---|
array (Array) |
§22.4.2.1 |
blob (Binary Blob) |
§22.4.2.2 |
bool (Boolean) |
§22.4.2.3 |
bstr (Basic String) |
§22.4.2.4 |
clsid (Class ID) |
§22.4.2.5 |
cy (Currency) |
§22.4.2.6 |
date (Date and Time) |
§22.4.2.7 |
decimal (Decimal) |
§22.4.2.8 |
empty (Empty) |
§22.4.2.9 |
error (Error Status Code) |
§22.4.2.10 |
filetime (File Time) |
§22.4.2.11 |
i1 (1-Byte Signed Integer) |
§22.4.2.12 |
i2 (2-Byte Signed Integer) |
§22.4.2.13 |
i4 (4-Byte Signed Integer) |
§22.4.2.14 |
i8 (8-Byte Signed Integer) |
§22.4.2.15 |
int (Integer) |
§22.4.2.16 |
lpstr (LPSTR) |
§22.4.2.17 |
lpwstr (LPWSTR) |
§22.4.2.18 |
null (Null) |
§22.4.2.19 |
oblob (Binary Blob Object) |
§22.4.2.20 |
ostorage (Binary Storage Object) |
§22.4.2.21 |
ostream (Binary Stream Object) |
§22.4.2.22 |
r4 (4-Byte Real Number) |
§22.4.2.23 |
r8 (8-Byte Real Number) |
§22.4.2.24 |
storage (Binary Storage) |
§22.4.2.25 |
stream (Binary Stream) |
§22.4.2.26 |
ui1 (1-Byte Unsigned Integer) |
§22.4.2.27 |
ui2 (2-Byte Unsigned Integer) |
§22.4.2.28 |
ui4 (4-Byte Unsigned Integer) |
§22.4.2.29 |
ui8 (8-Byte Unsigned Integer) |
§22.4.2.30 |
uint (Unsigned Integer) |
§22.4.2.31 |
variant (Variant) |
§22.4.2.32 |
vector (Vector) |
§22.4.2.33 |
vstream (Binary Versioned Stream) |
§22.4.2.34 |
[Note: The W3C XML Schema definition of this element’s content model (CT_Variant) is located in §A.6.4. end note]
© ISO/IEC29500: 2008.
Thread Safety
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.