Reliable way to convert a file to a byte[]
c#
Solution
byte[] bytes = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(filename);
That should do the trick. ReadAllBytes opens the file, reads its contents into a new byte array, then closes it. Here's the MSDN page for that method.
Problem
I found the following code on the web: ``` private byte [] StreamFile(string filename) { FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open,FileAccess.Read); // Create a byte array of file stream length byte[] ImageData = new byte[fs.Length]; //Read block of bytes from stream into the byte array fs.Read(ImageData,0,System.Convert.ToInt32(fs.Length)); //Close the File Stream fs.Close(); return ImageData; //return the byte data } ``` Is it reliable enough to use to convert a file to byte[] in c#, or is there a better way to do this?