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OK, next try!

Change the PInvoke signature to IntPtr[] and use this:
C#
public static IntPtr[] Allocate(List<byte[]> byteArrayList)
{
    // maintain an array of allocated unmanaged pointers
    IntPtr[] allocatedPointers = new IntPtr[byteArrayList.Count];
    int counter = 0;
    foreach (byte[] byteArray in byteArrayList)
    {
        // allocate data to unmanaged pointer (pointer to byte array)
        IntPtr pointerToByteArray = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(byteArray.Length);
        // copy data
        Marshal.Copy(byteArray, 0, pointerToByteArray, byteArray.Length);
        // copy unmanaged pointer to array
        allocatedPointers[counter] = pointerToByteArray;
        counter++;
    }
    return allocatedPointers;
}

public static void Free(IntPtr[] allocatedPointers)
{
    foreach (IntPtr allocatedPointer in allocatedPointers)
        Marshal.FreeHGlobal(allocatedPointer);
}

Dave

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