C# Signature:

[DllImport("kernel32.dll",SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool WriteProcessMemory(
    IntPtr hProcess,
    IntPtr lpBaseAddress,
    byte[] lpBuffer,
    int nSize,
    out IntPtr lpNumberOfBytesWritten);

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool WriteProcessMemory(
    IntPtr hProcess,
    IntPtr lpBaseAddress,
    IntPtr lpBuffer,
    int nSize,
    out IntPtr lpNumberOfBytesWritten);

VB.Net Signature:

<DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError:=True)> _
Public Shared Function WriteProcessMemory(
    ByVal hProcess As IntPtr,
    ByVal lpBaseAddress As IntPtr,
    ByVal lpBuffer As Byte(),
    ByVal nSize As Int32,
    <Out()> ByRef lpNumberOfBytesWritten As IntPtr) As Boolean
End Function

<DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError:=True)> _
Public Shared Function WriteProcessMemory(
    ByVal hProcess As IntPtr,
    ByVal lpBaseAddress As IntPtr,
    ByVal lpBuffer As IntPtr,
    ByVal nSize As Int32,
    <Out()> ByRef lpNumberOfBytesWritten As IntPtr) As Boolean
End Function

Notes:

None.

Tips & Tricks:

Use the Signature with the IntPtr as lpBuffer for passing Structures, which got copied to the unmanaged Heap with Marshal.AllocHGlobal and Marshal.StructureToPtr.

Sample Code:

public int WriteByteArray(IntPtr BaseAddress, byte[] NewVal)
{
    // Return Value
    int ReturnVal;

    // Write Memory Byte Array
    ReturnVal = WriteProcessMemory(this.hProcess, BaseAddress, NewVal, NewVal.Length, out this.BytesWritten);

    return this.BytesWritten;
}

// Sample with IntPtr as lpBuffer for passing structs
public class SomeClass
{
    // Some Win32 Struct in CSharp
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    private struct LVITEM
    {
        public UInt32 mask;
        public Int32 iItem;
        public Int32 iSubItem;
        public UInt32 state;
        public UInt32 stateMask;
        public IntPtr pszText;
        public Int32 cchTextMax;
        public Int32 iImage;
        public IntPtr lParam;
        public Int32 iIndent;
        public Int32 iGroupId;
        public UInt32 cColumns;
        public UIntPtr puColumns;
        public IntPtr piColFmt;
        public Int32 iGroup;
    }

    public void WriteStructureToProcessMemory(IntPtr processHandle, IntPtr BaseAddress)
    {
        UInt32 sizeOfLVITEM = (UInt32)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(LVITEM));
        IntPtr ptrToLvItem = Marshal.AllocHGlobal((int)sizeOfLVITEM);
        Marshal.StructureToPtr(lvItem, ptrToLvItem, true);

        WriteProcessMemory(processHandle, BaseAddress, ptrToLvItem, sizeOfLVITEM, UIntPtr.Zero);
    }

}

Alternative Managed API:

The ManagedWindowsApi project (http://mwinapi.sourceforge.net) provides a ProcessMemoryChunk class to allocate and access memory of a different process.

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