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Automation does not have an 8 byte integer value that compares to a UNO hyper. However, the Automation type Decimal has a value space big enough to represent a hyper. Therefore, when calling UNO methods from Automation, use Decimal whenever the UNO method requires a hyper or unsigned hyper.

The Decimal type may not be supported by all Automation capable language. Examples are JScript and VBScript, which should not be used when calling these UNO methods. This is because provided values may be rounded and hence the results are tainted.

Visual Basic has the restriction that Decimal variables can only be declared as Variants. The assignment of a value has to be done using the CDec function. Furthermore, VB does not allow the use of integer literals bigger than 4 bytes. As a workaround, you can provide a string that contains the value. For example:

 Dim aHyper As Variant
 aHyper = CDec("9223372036854775807")

Visual Basic .NET has the build-in type decimal and does not restrict the integer literals.

When Automation objects are called from UNO, then the com.sun.star.bridge.oleautomation.Decimal type can be used to provide arguments with the Automation arguments of type Decimal. Returned Decimal values are converted to com.sun.star.bridge.oleautomation.Decimal .

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