Unable to cast object of type 'System.Web.HttpInputStream' to type 'System.IO.FileStream' MVC 3

Question

I have met an issue regarding the casting type from HttpInputStream to FileStream.

How I did ?

I have a HttpPostedFileBase object and I want to have

Answer 1

You can use the .SaveAs method to save the file content. HttpInputSteam probably because it's uploaded through http [browser]

 postedFile.SaveAs("Full Path to file name");

You can also use CopyTo

FileStream f = new FileStream(fullPath, FileMode.CreateNew);
postedFile.InputStream.CopyTo(f);
f.Close();