I am trying to use an ActiveX called MapX in a BCB5 SP1 program.  I am
on Windows ME.

I am using the techniques described in C++Builder 4 Unleashed.  I have
the following code:

   Variant param, ds;

   param = CreateOleObject("MapX.ODBCQueryInfo.3");

   param.OlePropertySet( "SqlQuery", "select * from USA" );
   param.OlePropertySet( "DataSource", "MapStatsV3" );
   param.OlePropertySet( "ConnectString", "ODBC" );

line 38>   ds = Map1->Datasets->Add( miDataSetODBC, param );

The compile fails with the messages:
[C++ Error] MainForm.cpp(38): E2015 Ambiguity between '_fastcall
Variant::operator TVariant()' and 'TVariant::TVariantT(const Variant &)'

[C++ Error] MainForm.cpp(38): E2342 Type mismatch in parameter
'SourceData' (wanted 'TVariant', got 'Variant')
[C++ Error] MainForm.cpp(38): E2015 Ambiguity between '_fastcall
System::Variant::operator =(const bool)' and '_fastcall
System::Variant::operator =(IUnknown *)'

If I change line 38 to:
ds = Map1->Datasets->Add( miDataSetODBC, (TVariant)param );
I don't get the second error but that can't be right to do.

I looked up the Add function in the cpp file generated when I imported
the Active X.  It looks like:

  Mapxlib_tlb::CMapXDatasetPtr __fastcall Add(short Type, TVariant
SourceData,
... (all other args are optional)

so you see it does want a TVariant.  But don't I need a Variant to be
able to use the OleProperty functions?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Hardee Mahoney
Washington, DC

Did you include <utilcls.h> ?

Variant seems to want things from this header for your example to work.

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