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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gawron" data-source="post: 23438" data-attributes="member: 5648"><p>I have an application that goes out to a shipping company and gets the shipping label for the box being shipped.  I am able to generate the XML and get the label from the company.  I can display the label in a text box as a string.  I need to be able to convert this label to a GIF file so I can redirect the user to this file.  Below is the code I tried to use.  It creates a file, but not one that can be displayed.  Thanks for the help.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Public</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Sub</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> ConvertFiletoBinary()</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Dim</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> inFile </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">As</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> System.IO.StreamReader</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Dim</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> base64String </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">As</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">String</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Dim</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> inputFilename </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">As</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">String</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> = "c:\j.txt"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Dim</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> outputfilename </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">As</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">String</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> = "C:\nike.gif"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Try</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Dim</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> base64CharArray() </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">As</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Char</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px">inFile = </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">New</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> System.IO.StreamReader(inputFileName, _</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">System.Text.Encoding.ASCII)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">base64CharArray = </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">New</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Char</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px">(inFile.BaseStream.Length) {}</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">inFile.Read(base64CharArray, 0, inFile.BaseStream.Length)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">base64String = </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">New</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">String</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px">(base64CharArray, _</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">0, _</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">base64CharArray.Length - 1)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Catch</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> exp </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">As</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> System.Exception</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008000">' Error creating stream or reading from it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008000"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px">System.Console.WriteLine("{0}", exp.Message)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Return</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">End</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Try</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008000">' Convert the Base64 UUEncoded input into binary output.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008000"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Dim</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> binaryData() </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">As</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Byte</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Try</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px">binaryData = System.Convert.FromBase64String(base64String)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Catch</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> exp </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">As</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> System.ArgumentNullException</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">System.Console.WriteLine("Base 64 string is null.")</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Return</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Catch</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> exp </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">As</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> System.FormatException</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">System.Console.WriteLine("Base 64 length is not 4 or is " + _</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"not an even multiple of 4.")</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Return</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">End</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Try</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008000">'Write out the decoded data.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008000"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Dim</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> outFile </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">As</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> System.IO.FileStream</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Try</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px">outFile = </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">New</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> System.IO.FileStream(outputFileName, _</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">System.IO.FileMode.Create, _</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">System.IO.FileAccess.Write)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">outFile.Write(binaryData, 0, binaryData.Length - 1)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">outFile.Close()</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Catch</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> exp </span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">As</span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"> System.Exception</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008000">' Error creating stream or writing to it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008000"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px">System.Console.WriteLine("{0}", exp.Message)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">End</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Try</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">End</span></span> <span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Sub</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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