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ConvertOffset - SMcNeill - 04-20-2022
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DIM x AS INTEGER
DIM m AS _MEM
m = _MEM(x)
PRINT m.OFFSET
PRINT ConvertOffset(m.OFFSET)
FUNCTION ConvertOffset&& (value AS _OFFSET)
$CHECKING:OFF
DIM m AS _MEM 'Define a memblock
m = _MEM(value) 'Point it to use value
$IF 64BIT THEN
'On 64 bit OSes, an OFFSET is 8 bytes in size. We can put it directly into an Integer64
_MEMGET m, m.OFFSET, ConvertOffset&& 'Get the contents of the memblock and put the values there directly into ConvertOffset&&
$ELSE
'However, on 32 bit OSes, an OFFSET is only 4 bytes. We need to put it into a LONG variable first
_MEMGET m, m.OFFSET, temp& 'Like this
ConvertOffset&& = temp& 'And then assign that long value to ConvertOffset&&
$END IF
_MEMFREE m 'Free the memblock
$CHECKING:ON
END FUNCTION