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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) ' convert a BSTR into a VB String Function StringFromBSTR(ByVal pointer As Long) As String   Dim temp As String   ' copy the pointer into the temporary string's BSTR   CopyMemory ByVal VarPtr(temp), pointer, 4   ' now Temp points to the original string, so we can copy it   StringFromBSTR = temp   ' manually clear then temporary string to avoid GPFs   CopyMemory ByVal VarPtr(temp), 0&, 4 End Function

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