How to Marshal an IntPtr containing one more IntPtr

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Hi All,
I have a strange problem and due to my inefficiency with IntPtr i am unable to figure it out.

I have an structure something like:

public struct Detail
{
public int age;

public Detail(int _age)
{
age = _age;
}
}

public struct Name
{
public IntPtr names;
}

While trying to Marshal the above code I am marshalling the Object of Detail struct using IntPtr Names: i.e,

Name abc = new Name();

Detail obj = new Detail(2);
int sizeDetailobj = Marshal.SizeOf( typeof(Detail)) ;

abc.names= Marshal.AllocHG lobal(abc.names * Marshal.SizeOf( typeof(Detail)) );
Marshal.Structu reToPtr(obj, (IntPtr)(abc.na mes.ToInt32() + sizeDetailobj), false);


Furthurmore I need to pass the object of struct Name which contains the IntPtr to struct Detail along with some other fields.

as,

int size = Marshal.SizeOf( typeof(Name));
IntPtr data = Marshal.AllocHG lobal(size);
Marshal.Structu reToPtr(abc, data, true);

Here marshalling happens well without any problem,

For sending the message over Network i am using BEEP Protocol, which converts data into byte[]

as byte[] dataBytes = new byte[size];
Marshal.Copy(da ta, dataBytes, 0, size);

And at the receiving end while unmarshalling,
I am unmarshalling As;

IntPtr proxyCtx ; //which gets the databyte value

Name namebuf = (Name)Marshal.P trToStructure(p roxyCtx, typeof(Name)); // At this step i got the desired result as IntPtr abc.names

but the IntPtr received itself contains an IntPtr to struct Detail, while unmarshalling;

Detail obj1 = new Detail();
int structSize = Marshal.SizeOf( typeof(Detail)) ;
obj1 = (Detail)Marshal .PtrToStructure (namebuf.names, typeof(Detail)) ;

At this point i was suppose to get the value of age in obj1.age field but instead i am getting some garbage values.

Plz Suggest what i am suppose to do to achieve required value.

Thanks in Advance,
Eric Haas.