typecasting without copy constructor

[mgriffith]

i have a hopefully quick and easy question about syntax, i have a com control which is only useful if i can declare a variable of a what i think is a type in the com control

i need to typecast a variable to something in the com control before i can use any of the static properties in there, but it doesn't have a copy constructor or default constructor...it's got nothing

if i want to use it on the server, in full blown vb, c#, c++, etc, the syntax is something like

----in vb------------------
dim x as MacolaSearch.macsearch
x.property1 = 5
x.method()

----in c# or c++-----------
MacolaSearch.macsearch x;
x.property1 = 5;
x.method();


any ideas? the only thing i could think of was doing something like
----javascript--------------------
var x;
x = MacolaSearch.macsearch(x);


but this doesn't work, and i can't use the AS keyword in vbscript...so i don't know what to do

any suggestions? mike griffith
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mgriffith@lauren.com
mdg12@po.cwru.edu

 

[trollacious]

If MacolaSearch.macsearch is an object, then you can use:

var x = new MacolaSearch.macsearch();

 

[mgriffith]

the default constructor is marked something other than public...i can't call initialize it as an object, even though it is one mike griffith
----------------------------
mgriffith@lauren.com
mdg12@po.cwru.edu

 

[trollacious]

Then how do the other languages use it as a datatype?