GetServerList()


" "

short GetServerList(VARIANT* List)

Description

This function returns an array containing the names of the database servers defined in QMF for Windows's Server Definition File (SDF). Define a database server in the SDF if you want to access it using the QMF for Windows API.

Parameters

Name Description
List

A pointer to a VARIANT in which the result is stored. The result is an array of strings (variant type VT_ARRAY | VT_BSTR), with each string containing the name of one database server. If you have not defined any database servers, the result is empty (variant type VT_EMPTY). Initialize the VARIANT before calling this function. Visual Basic does this automatically. Visual C++ programmers should call VariantInit().

Note:
Due to a bug in Microsoft Excel 7.0 and Microsoft Access 7.0 (and possibly other 32-bit Microsoft products that use Visual Basic for Applications), string data in Variant variables received from QMF for Windows may not be translated from Unicode (used by OLE) to ANSI (used by VBA). When this occurs, only the first character of the string is displayed. To remedy this problem, set the variable equal to an empty string before you call the QMF for Windows function that uses the variable.

Return Value

The return value will be zero if successful or non-zero if unsuccessful. If you have not defined any database servers, the return value is zero. If the return value is non-zero, you can call GetLastErrorString() or GetLastErrorType() to get additional error information.