PeekB, PeekI, PeekL - Read a byte, integer or long from memory

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