Re: Read Base64 string to write a .gif (or other content type)

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Hello James,

This will work for images... but will it work for other content types (ZIP, DOC, XLS)?

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Create a MemoryStream from the byte[].  Use the FromStream() and
Save() methods of System.Drawing.Image.

AC [MVP MCMS] wrote:

Hello James,

Thanks... I guess I should have been more specific.  I have that
part, converting the string to a byte array.  But for images, I've
noticed that there's a header at the start of the file (appears to be
just
plain text, but
not sure)... for example a gif has GIF[version] at the start of the
file.
I've tried writing out "GIF89a" at the start and then the byte array,
but that didn't work.  Then I tried writing the GIF89a to a separate
byte
array, write that out and then write the data stream byte array...
but that didn't work.  I've seen some examples in this NNTP about
using the BinaryWriter, and comments by Jon Skeet how that's not
necessary, but having a hard
time finding a single example of how to write this out on your own.
I'm not only interested in writing out GIF's, but also BMPs, JPEG,
PNGs, ZIPs, DOCs, XLSs, etc...

Ideas?

How 'bout System.Convert.FromBase64String ()

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Any pointers on how to (1) read a Base64 encoded string from a text
file and (2) write it to a binary file?

I have a ton of files that are being generated from a legacy
system. Each file contains a (1) content type one one line, a (2)
filename, and (3) the encoding type (seems to always be Base64,
followed by the encoded string. A process will be to read the
content type and filename, then create a new binary file and write
out the converted base64 string.

Ideas?

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