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#define MAKEWORD(a, b)      ((WORD)(((BYTE)((DWORD_PTR)(a) & 0xff)) | ((WORD)((BYTE)((DWORD_PTR)(b) & 0xff))) << 8))
#define MAKELONG(a, b)      ((LONG)(((WORD)((DWORD_PTR)(a) & 0xffff)) | ((DWORD)((WORD)((DWORD_PTR)(b) & 0xffff))) << 16))
#define LOWORD(l)           ((WORD)((DWORD_PTR)(l) & 0xffff))
#define HIWORD(l)           ((WORD)((DWORD_PTR)(l) >> 16))
#define LOBYTE(w)           ((BYTE)((DWORD_PTR)(w) & 0xff))
#define HIBYTE(w)           ((BYTE)((DWORD_PTR)(w) >> 8))