Save picture to file

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

try

{

// set a string pointing to the

// file to be converted

string fileToConvert = @"C:\Scott\Pictures\Raccoons\ICAM0001.JPG";

// get the length of the file

FileInfo fInfo = new FileInfo(fileToConvert);

long numBytes = fInfo.Length;

// open/read file into a filestream

FileStream fStream = new FileStream(fileToConvert,

FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

// get a binary reader pointed at the

// filestream

BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fStream);

// get a byte array from the binary reader

byte[] data = br.ReadBytes((int)numBytes);

br.Close();

// create a memory stream and pass

// it the byte array

MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data);

// create a filestream to write the data to

FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"C:\Temp\Raccoon.bin", FileMode.Create);

// write the data

ms.WriteTo(fs);

// clean up

ms.Close();

fStream.Close();

fStream.Dispose();

fs.Close();

fs.Dispose();

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error");

}

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Nader Rafiee18y ago
Thanks My Friend.

Your answer very good. but now i want to restore it(restore from file and show it in picturebox) . what do...
Scott Lysle18y ago

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

   try

   {

      // set a string pointing to the

      // file to be converted

      string fileToConvert = @"C:\Scott\Pictures\Raccoons\ICAM0001.JPG";

      // get the length of the file

      FileInfo fInfo = new FileInfo(fileToConvert);

      long numBytes = fInfo.Length;

      // open/read file into a filestream

      FileStream fStream = new FileStream(fileToConvert,

      FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

      // get a binary reader pointed at the

      // filestream

      BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fStream);

      // get a byte array from the binary reader

      byte[] data = br.ReadBytes((int)numBytes);

      br.Close();

      // create a memory stream and pass

      // it the byte array

      MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data);

      // create a filestream to write the data to

      FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"C:\Temp\Raccoon.bin", FileMode.Create);

      // write the data

      ms.WriteTo(fs);

      // clean up

      ms.Close();

      fStream.Close();

      fStream.Dispose();

      fs.Close();

      fs.Dispose();

   }

   catch (Exception ex)

   {

      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Error");

   }

}