Hi,

 I want to convert Image(jpeg/bmp,etc) file into binary format.and back.. will u please help me to do that.. Its very urgent..

 thanks in advance..

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;

namespace WEImages
{
    /// <summary>
    /// client code recieves the byte stream reprsenting an image and reassembles it
    /// into Bitmap object.Because Bitmap constructor accepts a stream type, we convert
    /// the byte array to memory stream and pass it to the constructor.
    /// </summary>
    public class Client
    {
        public Client()
        {
            // in your case it should be web service proxy object
            WSImages myImage = new WSImages();
            // Request an image from the Web Service
            try
            {
                // call to websevie "GetImage" Web Method
                byte[] image = myImage.GetImage("Csharp.gif"); // or pass specific file id
                MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream(image);
                Console.WriteLine(memStream.Length);
                // Convert memory stream to a Bitmap
                Bitmap bm = new Bitmap(memStream);
                // save image returned to local disk(requested server/client machine)
                bm.Save("c:\\ReturnImage.jpg", System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg);
            }
            catch (Exception e) // use WebException here to catch web service exception
            {
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
        }


    }
}




using System;
using System.IO;
// add system.Web.Services; System.Web.Services.Protocols;

namespace WEImages
{
    /// <summary>
    /// FileStream is opened and associated with the image file. its contentes are read
    /// into memory and converted to a byte array.The byte array is then sent to the
    /// Web Client(Requested server).
    /// </summary>
    public class WSImages
    {
        public WSImages()
        {
            //
            // TODO: Add constructor logic here
            //
        }

        // Expose this as WebMethod so request server need to pass only file name
        // this is the method which user will able to see for file request
        public byte[] GetImage(string imgFileName)
        {
            byte[] imgArray;
            imgArray = GetBinaryFile("c:\\" + imgFileName + ".gif");
            if (imgArray.Length < 2)
            {
                // use soap Exception here
                throw new Exception("could not open image on server. ");
            }
            else
            {
                return (imgArray);
            }

        }
        // open file to read and reads bytes at a time.you may think to sed chunk at a time
        // to server (client) where they need to convert it again to original file.
        private byte[] GetBinaryFile(string fileName)
        {
            if (File.Exists(fileName))
            {
                try
                {
                    FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(fileName);
                    return ConvertStreamToByeBuffer(fs);
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    return new byte[0];

                }
            }
            else
            {
                return new byte[0] ;
            }

        }

        // write image to memory as a strem of bytes
        private byte[] ConvertStreamToByeBuffer(FileStream imgStream)
        {
            int imgByte;
            MemoryStream tempStream = new MemoryStream() ;
            while((imgByte= imgStream.ReadByte()) != -1)
            {
                tempStream.WriteByte(((byte)imgByte)) ;
            }
            return tempStream.ToArray(); // convert to array of bytes
        }
    }
}

Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap("d:\\temp\\DSC04618.jpg");
MemoryStream mstream = new MemoryStream();
bmp.Save(mstream, ImageFormat.Jpeg);
byte []bytes = new byte[mstream.Length];
mstream.Read(bytes, 0, (int)mstream.Length);

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