I am trying to read a binary (bitmap) data from database (a separate thread). On retrieval the data is returned as string whereas I need it as byte() which I then route through memorystream to a bitmap. But it doesn't quite work as getchunk returns a string!

The workaround would be to create a HDD file from getChunk and do a image.FromFile, and that's why the question (to avoid a HDD file).

So, if a memorystream can simulate this, it would be nice. But from what little I know about memorystream, it can be filled using byte() (back to where I started).