ImageBuffer.GetImageData Method unsafe for VB.NET?

[sapbucket]

ImageBuffer.GetImageData Method is declared unsafe and cannot be used with VB.NET

http://www.imagingcontrol.com/ic/docs/html/dotnet/meth_descImageBuffer_GetImageData.htm

why not? It would be very useful.

[Stefan Geissler]

Hello,

This is done unsafe, because you can perform pure pointer operations on it. Pointer operations are not realy well to handle in Visual Basic.
GetImageData() has been programmed unsafe, to allow fast image processing. "unsafe" is not available for Visual Basic .NET (see MSDN).