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ur a star :> thanx s :) -----Original Message----- From: darren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 November 2002 03:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: [ot] how to write a binary stream On Tuesday, November 26, 2002 at 09:03, Van Der Westhuizen, Sonja wrote: SVDW> I've got the following vb.net code to retreive the dilbert image, display it SVDW> on the webpage and writing it to hd. Everything seems to be working fine SVDW> except when I try to write the binary stream to the harddrive. I create the SVDW> name in the correct directory (and the size is 31k, so it is writing the SVDW> info) but when I try opening up the gif file it doesnt' display. Either no SVDW> preview is available or there's just an ie X where the picture should be. SVDW> Please help. I have no idea what to search for to fix it :(.... Here's the SVDW> code... i *think* what's happening is you are writing the stream out correctly, but as a binary stream, not as an image so when you come to open it, the system doesn't handle it properly. anyway i think the following would work...this is untested, so don't blame me if the machine dies a painful death! ;> Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load ' Declare variables Dim oDly As New com.esynaps.www.DailyDilbert() Dim oByte() As Byte ' This is the call to the web service oByte = oDly.DailyDilbertImage() 'display it on website Response.BinaryWrite(oByte) 'save gif to hd dim strmMem as MemoryStream = new MemoryStream(oByte) dim dilbertPic as Image = new Bitmap(strmMem) dilbertPic.Save("c:\temp\dailydilbert.gif") strmMem.Close() End Sub make sure that the asp.net process has permission to write to the directory as well. hope that works, darren ____ * The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM * ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ The views expressed in this email are, unless otherwise stated, those of the author and not those of the FirstRand Banking Group or its management. The information in this e-mail is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted in reliance on this, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Whilst all reasonable steps are taken to ensure the accuracy and integrity of information and data transmitted electronically and to preserve the confidentiality thereof, no liability or responsibility whatsoever is accepted if information or data is, for whatever reason, corrupted or does not reach its intended destination. ________________________________ ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
