Peek – Read a value of any type from memory

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (dest As _    Any, source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long)' read a value of any type from memoryFunction Peek(ByVal address As Long, ByVal ValueType As VbVarType) As Variant    Select Case ValueType        Case vbByte            Dim valueB As Byte            CopyMemory valueB, ByVal address, 1            Peek = valueB        Case vbInteger            Dim valueI As Integer            CopyMemory valueI, ByVal address, 2            Peek = valueI        Case vbBoolean            Dim valueBool As Boolean            CopyMemory valueBool, ByVal address, 2            Peek = valueBool        Case vbLong            Dim valueL As Long            CopyMemory valueL, ByVal address, 4            Peek = valueL        Case vbSingle            Dim valueS As Single            CopyMemory valueS, ByVal address, 4            Peek = valueS        Case vbDouble            Dim valueD As Double            CopyMemory valueD, ByVal address, 8            Peek = valueD        Case vbCurrency            Dim valueC As Currency            CopyMemory valueC, ByVal address, 8            Peek = valueC        Case vbDate            Dim valueDate As Date            CopyMemory valueDate, ByVal address, 8            Peek = valueDate        Case vbVariant            ' in this case we don't need an intermediate variable            CopyMemory Peek, ByVal address, 16        Case Else            Err.Raise 1001, , "Unsupported data type"    End SelectEnd Function