How to pass a SafeArray of strings in a VARIANT* between Visual C++ and Visual Basic 6.0

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   #include <afxpriv.h>
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   long CStrArrayDoc::Sort(VARIANT FAR* vArray)
   {

      long i, j, min;
      BSTR bstrTemp;
      SAFEARRAY FAR* psa = NULL;
      BSTR HUGEP *pbstr;
      HRESULT hr;
      DWORD dwTimeStart;
      LONG cElements, lLBound, lUBound;

      USES_CONVERSION;

      // Type check VARIANT parameter. It should contain a BSTR array
      // passed by reference. The array must be passed by reference it is
      // an in-out-parameter.
      if (V_VT(vArray) != (VT_ARRAY | VT_BSTR))
         AfxThrowOleDispatchException(1001,
           "Type Mismatch in Parameter. Pass a string array by reference");
      psa = V_ARRAY(vArray);
      // Check dimensions of the array.
      if (SafeArrayGetDim(psa) != 1)
         AfxThrowOleDispatchException(1002,
           "Type Mismatch in Parameter. Pass a one-dimensional array");

      dwTimeStart = GetTickCount();

      // Get array bounds.
      hr = SafeArrayGetLBound(psa, 1, &lLBound);
      if (FAILED(hr))
          goto error;
      hr = SafeArrayGetUBound(psa, 1, &lUBound);
      if (FAILED(hr))
          goto error;

      // Get a pointer to the elements of the array.
      hr = SafeArrayAccessData(psa, (void HUGEP* FAR*)&pbstr);
      if (FAILED(hr))
         goto error;

      // Bubble sort.
      cElements = lUBound-lLBound+1;
      for (i = 0; i < cElements-1; i++)
      {
         min = i;
         for (j = i+1; j < cElements; j++)
         {
            // NULL is a valid value for a BSTR. This code treats a NULL
            // BSTR as less than other string values.
            if (pbstr[min] == NULL)
               continue;
            else if (pbstr[j] == NULL
               || wcscmp(pbstr[j], pbstr[min]) < 0)
               min = j;
         }

         //Swap array[min] and array[i].
         bstrTemp = pbstr[min];
         pbstr[min] = pbstr[i];
         pbstr[i] = bstrTemp;
      }

      hr = SafeArrayUnaccessData(psa);
      if (FAILED(hr))
         goto error;

      return GetTickCount()-dwTimeStart;

   error:

      AfxThrowOleDispatchException(1003,
        "Unexpected Failure in FastSort method");
      return 0;

   }
				

   Private Sub Command1_Click()
      Dim o As Object
      Dim v As Variant
      ReDim v(50) As String
      Dim SortTime As Long

      Set o = CreateObject("StrArray.Document")

      upperbound = 1
      lowerbound = 100
      For n = 0 To 50
          v(n) = "Entry " & Int((upperbound-lowerbound+1)*Rnd+lowerbound)
      Next n

      SortTime = o.Sort(v)
      MsgBox ("Done")
   End Sub