User`s guide

B Data Conversion
Data Conversion Flags
Excel Builder components contain the following flags to control the conversion
of certain
VARIANT types to M ATLAB types:
• “CoerceNumericToType” on page B-14
• “InputDateFormat” on page B-15
• “OutputAsDate As B oolean” on page B-16
• “DateBias As Long” on page B-16
CoerceNumericToType
This flag tells the data converter to convert all numeric VARIANT data to one
specif ic MATLAB type.
VARIANT typecodesaffectedbythisflagare
VT_I1
VT_UI1
VT_I2
VT_UI2
VT_I4
VT_UI4
VT_R4
VT_R8
VT_CY
VT_DECIMAL
VT_INT
B-14