Can a Byte[] Array be written to a file in C#?

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C# Problem Overview


I'm trying to write out a Byte[] array representing a complete file to a file.

The original file from the client is sent via TCP and then received by a server. The received stream is read to a byte array and then sent to be processed by this class.

This is mainly to ensure that the receiving TCPClient is ready for the next stream and separate the receiving end from the processing end.

The FileStream class does not take a byte array as an argument or another Stream object ( which does allow you to write bytes to it).

I'm aiming to get the processing done by a different thread from the original ( the one with the TCPClient).

I don't know how to implement this, what should I try?

C# Solutions


Solution 1 - C#

Based on the first sentence of the question: "I'm trying to write out a Byte[] array representing a complete file to a file."

The path of least resistance would be:

File.WriteAllBytes(string path, byte[] bytes)

Documented here:

>System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes - MSDN

Solution 2 - C#

You can use a BinaryWriter object.

protected bool SaveData(string FileName, byte[] Data)
{
    BinaryWriter Writer = null;
    string Name = @"C:\temp\yourfile.name";

    try
    {
        // Create a new stream to write to the file
        Writer = new BinaryWriter(File.OpenWrite(Name));

        // Writer raw data                
        Writer.Write(Data);
        Writer.Flush();
        Writer.Close();
    }
    catch 
    {
        //...
        return false;
    }
    
    return true;
}

Edit: Oops, forgot the finally part... lets say it is left as an exercise for the reader ;-)

Solution 3 - C#

There is a static method System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes

Solution 4 - C#

You can do this using System.IO.BinaryWriter which takes a Stream so:

var bw = new BinaryWriter(File.Open("path",FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
bw.Write(byteArray);

Solution 5 - C#

You can use the FileStream.Write(byte[] array, int offset, int count) method to write it out.

If your array name is "myArray" the code would be.

myStream.Write(myArray, 0, myArray.count);

Solution 6 - C#

Yep, why not?

fs.Write(myByteArray, 0, myByteArray.Length);

Solution 7 - C#

Try BinaryReader:

/// <summary>
/// Convert the Binary AnyFile to Byte[] format
/// </summary>
/// <param name="image"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static byte[] ConvertANYFileToBytes(HttpPostedFileBase image)
{
    byte[] imageBytes = null;
    BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(image.InputStream);
    imageBytes = reader.ReadBytes((int)image.ContentLength);
    return imageBytes;
}

Solution 8 - C#

Asp.net (c#)

// This is server path, where application is hosted.

var path = @"C:\Websites\mywebsite\profiles\";

//file in bytes array

var imageBytes = client.DownloadData(imagePath);

//file extension

var fileExtension = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(imagePath);

//writing(saving) the files on given path. Appending employee id as file name and file extension.

File.WriteAllBytes(path + dataTable.Rows[0]["empid"].ToString() + fileExtension, imageBytes);

Next Step:

You may need to Provide access to profile folder for iis user.

  1. right click on profile folder
  2. go to security tab
  3. click "Edit",
  4. give full control to "IIS_IUSRS" (IF THIS USER NOT EXISTS THEN CLICK ON ADD AND TYPE "IIS_IUSRS" AND CLICK ON "Check Names".

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