Passing NULL to a COM function is not possible?

[CreeTar]

Hey there,

my problem is this COM function from OTA (Open Test Architecture) for HP ALM (Application Lifecycle Management):

Description

Creates a new item object.

Syntax

Visual Basic

Public Function AddItem( _

ByVal ItemData As Variant _

) As Object

Parameters

ItemData

Pass NULL as ItemData when creating a design step.

Local $objTestStepNew = $objTestStepFactory.AddItem(Ptr(0)) ; create new test step

Now here is the problem, Visual Basic Script supports NULL, but AutoIt does not from some reason.

If I do not pass NULL it will create the element immediately, which is a bad bad way to create a new Design Test Step.

I already tried "null", "", ptr(0), chr(0)... they do not work.

And either the step is created so the given value was interpreted as String like "null" or "0" or it says invalid parameter

It works in Visual Basic Script using .AddItem(Null), but I would love to use AutoIt for it!

Any Ideas?

Thanks for your help.

Edit:

I also tried to use one of the COM functions that return NULL themselves but this was also interpreted as "0", I think AutoIt is

converting NULL to 0 all the time

Edited June 13, 2012 by CreeTar

[BrewManNH]

The beta version of AutoIt supports NULL, the release version does not.

[water]

The latest beta version of AutoIt supports NULL.

[DaleHohm]

Also, see this for a trick: Nothing (VB/VBScript constant) in AutoIt

Dale

[Zedna]

There is workaround for this already:

[CreeTar]

The beta version of AutoIt supports NULL, the release version does not.

Thanks, works as it should i don't mind BETA Is there a change log and you know when it will be official? My boss might not like it ^^

[BrewManNH]

Thanks, works as it should i don't mind BETA Is there a change log and you know when it will be official? My boss might not like it ^^

In the Beta help file, accessed by Alt+F1 in Scite there is a change log, you'd have to go to the section about changes made between beta versions to see the changes made since the release version. As to when it might be official, as always it's "when it's ready".

[SiriusDG]

I downloaded and installed the beta, and all references to Null in my script are now getting a syntax error. Any suggestions?

[BrewManNH]

Run the script using the beta (ALT-F5) instead of the release version (F5).