I have an array of BYTEs and would like to know if anyone knows how I can access the array a word at a time (2 bytes).
At the moment I loop through the array and step 2 horizontal positions. eg.

for i = 0 to 64
jor j = 0 to 64 step 2
array(j,i) = low byte
array(j+1, i) = high byte
next j
next i

also. is it possible to do bit shifts in vb. ala the c++ operators >> and <<. or do I have to settle for divides.