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Click here to copy the following block Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "Kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (dest As _   Any, Source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long) ' Returns an object given its pointer ' This function reverses the effect of the ObjPtr function Function ObjFromPtr(ByVal pObj As Long) As Object   Dim obj As Object   ' force the value of the pointer into the temporary object variable   CopyMemory obj, pObj, 4   ' assign to the result (this increments the ref counter)   Set ObjFromPtr = obj   ' manually destroy the temporary object variable   ' (if you omit this step you'll get a GPF!)   CopyMemory obj, 0&, 4 End Function

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Use CopyMemory api for performance.

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