how to convert dereference pointer in C code to VB code

Hi,

Actually I have faced a problem which is to convert dereference pointer in C code to VB code. The C code is like below:
byte addr, int npoints, long *path, int freq

Dim addr as Byte, nPoints as integer, path as long, freq as int

I don't know what long is. Is it an integer or long?

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-Zach

so sorry that i post in wrong forum, but I want know more how to convert long *path in C to VB. Is it just dim path as long because the * is a dereference pointer in C , so I really want to know how to declare this in VB.

Thanks

PS: long is long integer