vb .net and API - Pointers

[James_Carlson]

I need to get a pointer to a variable i have declared so i can pass it to a structure(that is being passed to a api function)

Is this the best method do so?

Dim intvalue as Integer = 32
 
Dim GC As System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandle = System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandle.Alloc(intValue, System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandleType.Pinned)
 
Dim ret As Integer = GC.AddrOfPinnedObject.ToInt32
 
GC.Free()