Change what data type data socket requests from OPC server

I suspect this is a foregone conclusion, however just in case; is there a way to make Datasocket request items from an OPC server in a different data type than variant?
I have a server that scales integers (native data type) and offers tham as floating point values, however to get those nice floats the client must request the data in the right type. If the client asks for a variant the server will return the integer value (e.g. 2 instead of 2,36...).
I have not checked whether this is a server behaviour as it must be (according to OPC specs) or if it's just a choice by the vendor (Automated Solutions), but still it may become an obstacle.
Has anyone implemented OPC Client functionality without using Datasocket (and server for that matter)? Any software componants you can recommend?
MTO

Hi Mats
I once found vi's (..\vi.lib\Platform\dataskt.llb) with different read- and write-types. In fact they are all wrapping up the read- & write-variant functions.
I use them to communicate with Siemens OPC-Scout and it works. They make life a little easier .
Hope this helps.
Thomas
Using LV8.0
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