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

Below code worked for me..

Use a BinaryReader object to return a byte array from the stream like:

byte[] fileData = null;
using (var binaryReader = new BinaryReader(Request.Files[0].InputStream))
{
    fileData = binaryReader.ReadBytes(Request.Files[0].ContentLength);
}

How to create byte array from HttpPostedFile