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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) ' read a byte from memory Function PeekB(ByVal address As Long) As Byte   CopyMemory PeekB, ByVal address, 1 End Function ' read an integer from memory Function PeekI(ByVal address As Long) As Integer   CopyMemory PeekI, ByVal address, 2 End Function ' read a Long value from memory Function PeekL(ByVal address As Long) As Long   CopyMemory PeekL, ByVal address, 4 End Function

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GetArrayInfo - Retreive number of dimensions and the SAFEARRAY memory structure

RLECompress - Compress a block of memory using RLE algorithm

ObjFromPtr - Return an object from its pointer

Peek - Read a value of any type from memory

Poke - Write a value of any type into memory

Poke - Write a value of any type into memory

PokeB, PokeI, PokeL - Write a byte, integer or long value into memory

Use CopyMemory api for performance.

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