file uploading

Question

hi can anyone help meHow can i convert the file to a byte array and then upload in to a server. Thank you

Suthish Nair · Answer

If your using FileUpload control then internally it will convert to bytes array and upload to server.

Krishna Garad · Answer

See bellow may help you it's i used for audio files. // For storing uploaded file on server string virtualFolder = ~/Files/; string physicalFolder = Server.MapPath(virtualFolder); FileUpload1.SaveAs(physicalFolder + FileUpload1.FileName); // Convert to byte array Int32 intAudioSize = 0; Stream AudioStream = null; // Gets the Size of the File intAudioSize = FileUpload1.PostedFile.ContentLength; // Reads thefile AudioStream = FileUpload1.PostedFile.InputStream; byte[] AudioContent = new byte[intAudioSize + 1]; int intStatus = 0; intStatus = AudioStream.Read(AudioContent 0 intAudioSize); BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(FileUpload1.PostedFile.InputStream); FileStream fstm = new FileStream(completeFileName FileMode.Create FileAccess.ReadWrite); // writin file content on specified file BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(fstm); // Byte array for database insertion if you want byte[] buffer = br.ReadBytes(FileUpload1.PostedFile.ContentLength); br.Close(); bw.Write(AudioContent); bw.Flush(); bw.Close();