How does the "Using" statement translate from C# to VB?

Question

For example:

BitmapImage bitmap = new BitmapImage();  byte[] buffer = GetHugeByteArray(); // from some external source using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(buffer, false)) {     bitmap.BeginInit();     bitmap.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad;     bitmap.StreamSource = stream;     bitmap.EndInit();     bitmap.Freeze(); } 

Can you tell me any more about using?

Edit:

As was discussed in the comments of JaredPar's post, this question is more concerned with an implementation of Using in VS2003. It was pointed out that Using was not introduced until .NET 2.0 (VS2005). JaredPar posted an equivalent workaround.

Answer 1

Using has virtually the same syntax in VB as C#, assuming you're using .NET 2.0 or later (which implies the VB.NET v8 compiler or later). Basically, just remove the braces and add a "End Using"

Dim bitmap as New BitmapImage() Dim buffer As Byte() = GetHugeByteArrayFromExternalSource() Using stream As New MemoryStream(buffer, false)     bitmap.BeginInit()     bitmap.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad     bitmap.StreamSource = stream     bitmap.EndInit()     bitmap.Freeze() End Using 

You can get the full documentation here

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/htd05whh(VS.80).aspx

EDIT

If you're using VS2003 or earlier you'll need the below code. The using statement was not introduced until VS 2005, .NET 2.0 (reference). Thanks Chris!. The following is equivalent to the using statement.

Dim bitmap as New BitmapImage() Dim buffer As Byte() = GetHugeByteArrayFromExternalSource() Dim stream As New MemoryStream(buffer, false) Try     bitmap.BeginInit()     bitmap.CacheOption = BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad     bitmap.StreamSource = stream     bitmap.EndInit()     bitmap.Freeze() Finally     DirectCast(stream, IDisposable).Dispose() End Try