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ObjFromPtr – Return an object from its pointer

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 functionFunction 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&, 4End Function

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