AddRef
f90VB Modules
f90VBDefs, f90VBVariants, f90VBAutomation
Summary
Increase the reference-counter of an object.
Syntax
| Subroutine AddRef | (VarObj) |
| type(VARIANT),intent(inout):: | VarObj |
Arguments
VarObj [Input]
A variant containing a reference to the IUnknown or IDispatch interface of an object.
Comments
There are very few reasons why you would normally want to call this subroutine. AddRef, however, can be used to keep objects alive, even after a call to the Release method.
Related Topics
| For information about: | See: | |
| Releasing an OLE Object | Release | |