VB - How do I read and write a binary file?
arrays, binaryfiles, filestream, vb.net
Solution
Dim data() as Byte = File.ReadAllBytes(path1)
File.WriteAllBytes(path2, data)
Problem
How do I read a raw byte array from any file... ``` Dim bytes() as Byte ``` ..and then write that byte array back into a new file? I need it as a byte array to do some processing in between. I'm currently using: To read ``` Dim fInfo As New FileInfo(dataPath) Dim numBytes As Long = fInfo.Length Dim fs As New FileStream(dataPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read) Dim br As New BinaryReader(fs) Dim bytes As Byte() = br.ReadBytes(CInt(numBytes)) br.Close() fs.Close() ``` To write ``` Dim fs As System.IO.FileStream fs = New System.IO.FileStream(outpath, System.IO.FileMode.Create) fs.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length) fs.Close() ```