Oracle Forms Developer – Form Builder Reference, Volume 1

PTR_TO_VAR built-in
Description
First, creates an OLE variant of type VT_PTR that contains the supplied address. Then, passes that
variant and type through the function VARPTR_TO_VAR.
Syntax
FUNCTION PTR_TO_VAR
(address PLS_INTEGER, vtype VT_TYPE)
RETURN newvar OLEVAR;
Built-in Type unrestricted function
Returns the created and transformed OLE variant.
Parameters
address A variable whose value is an address.
vtype The type to be given to the final version of the OLE
variant (after its processing by VARPTR_TO_VAR).
Usage Notes
In most applications, there is no need to use this function. If the function is used, care must be taken to
ensure that the correct address value is placed in the new variant.
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