thanks for the swift reply humps. I could understand your explaination better than any of those websites out there. Well you know the websites nowadays are providing more junks per piece of useful information. well i think i understand what you mean, and that exactly is what i am trying to do. I am trying to get a vaule from the address of another application. I suppose those address are not part of the heap space defined by my source code. So what am are the alternative now ? * define my source code to include those address ? well i am super confused stucked now i been bombing the internet all night with no avail... No last plea anyone could be kind enough to offer some help to write the souce code in c++ to get the value of a WORD from a memory address finder application -- memware -- the address is 12C71560 and probably 0x12C71560 in c++ ? well fragment of codes or even a clue as to which command would be kind enough.

Well i tried that out your code PJ Arends, but i got some errors in as follow is what is keyed into the program. #include <stdio.h> #include<stdlib.h> void main() { DWORD *pointer = 0x00003b9c; DWORD ValueAtAddress = *pointer; } i got the following ERRORS Compiling... tervalor.cpp C:\tervalor.cpp(5) : error C2065: 'DWORD' : undeclared identifier C:\tervalor.cpp(5) : error C2065: 'pointer' : undeclared identifier C:\tervalor.cpp(5) : error C2106: '=' : left operand must be l-value C:\tervalor.cpp(6) : error C2146: syntax error : missing ';' before identifier 'ValueAtAddress' C:\tervalor.cpp(6) : error C2065: 'ValueAtAddress' : undeclared identifier C:\tervalor.cpp(6) : error C2100: illegal indirection Error executing cl.exe. tervalor.obj - 6 error(s), 0 warning(s) so i correct the code to the following : #include <stdio.h> #include<stdlib.h> void main() { int *pointer = 0x00003b9c; int ValueAtAddress = *pointer; } now i get the error as follow : Compiling... tervalor.cpp C:\tervalor.cpp(5) : error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'const int' to 'int *' Conversion from integral type to pointer type requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast Error executing cl.exe. tervalor.obj - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) well i am new and so think i am not going to get it but i will try. Anyway please help me understand. I like this board pretty much and i will continue to use it until i become professional and be able to help people someday.

How do you read the value from a memory address using c++ ? do you use pointer or something ?

Well i been searching for this one with no answer Glad to have some inputs. I am trying to read a DWord from a memory location 0x003b9c how do i do that in code ? indeed i just need to get a peek of the value