convert a file(word doc, image etc) to byte array

[prabunewindia]

hi friends,
i want to store the file in byte array.
plz help me. i am thinking we have t odo it thru file stream.
i tried. but not getting how to use filestream
plz help
Prabu

[shweta123]

Hi,

You can try this function

Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim inStream As FileStream = File.OpenRead(" C:\test.txt")
Dim outStream As FileStream = File.OpenWrite( "C:\test.tx t" + ".bak")
Dim buf(4096) As Byte
Dim bytesRead As Integer
While (bytesRead = inStream.Read(b uf, 0, 4096)) > 0
outStream.Write (buf, 0, bytesRead)
End While
outStream.Flush
outStream.Close
inStream.Close
End Sub

[prabunewindia]

hai swetha,
i did that by this coding(in C#)
FileStream fs = new FileStream(file Path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read );
int length = (int)fs.Length;
byte[] content = new byte[length];
fs.Read(content , 0, length);

exactly what u coded in vb.net.
thanks for reply

Prabu

Hi,

You can try this function

Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim inStream As FileStream = File.OpenRead(" C:\test.txt")
Dim outStream As FileStream = File.OpenWrite( "C:\test.tx t" + ".bak")
Dim buf(4096) As Byte
Dim bytesRead As Integer
While (bytesRead = inStream.Read(b uf, 0, 4096)) > 0
outStream.Write (buf, 0, bytesRead)
End While
outStream.Flush
outStream.Close
inStream.Close
End Sub