Long To String

Hello,
Lets say I recieve from somewhere a long number that I know for sure its a pointer to a string. How can I read the string in VB?
I know its possible.

FatMan

use the following API

Declare Function lstrcpy Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "lstrcpyA" (lpString1 As Any, lpString2 As Any) As Long

lpString1 is the destination string, a byte array variable, maybe can be string variable, try it yourself

lpString2 is the pointer, a long variable

alternatively, try RtlMovememory.

HTH

cksiow
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You can use the foillowing code snippet....

API Declaration

private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (Dest as Any, Src as Any, byval cb&)




Use:

public Function StringFromPointer(lpString as Long, lMaxLength as Long) as string
Dim sRet as string
Dim lRet as Long
'\\ Pre-initialise the return string...
sRet = Space$(lMaxLength)
CopyMemory byval sRet, byval lpString, byval len(sRet)
If Err.LastDllError = 0 then
If InStr(sRet, Chr$(0)) > 0 then
sRet = Left$(sRet, InStr(sRet, Chr$(0)) - 1)
End If
End If
StringFromPointer = sRet
End Function





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