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.NET data type mapping

The following table lists the data-type mappings for parameters between ABL and .NET.
Table 45. Supported .NET data types
ABL data type
.NET data type
CHARACTER
String
COM-HANDLE
Long
DATASET
Object
DATASET-HANDLE
Object
DATE
Date
DATETIME
DateTime
DATETIME-TZ
DateTime
DECIMAL
Decimal
INT64
Int64
INTEGER (32 bit)
Integer
LOGICAL
Boolean
LONGCHAR
String
MEMPTR
Byte( )
RAW
Byte( )
RECID (32 or 64 bit)
Long
ROWID
Byte( )
TABLE
Object
TABLE-HANDLE
Object
WIDGET-HANDLE
Long