How to read a stream and save it as byte array

[hdbbdh]

Hello everyone,

I try to read a stream and save it as byte array to add it later to zip file.
this is the code that I use

Dim totalbytes As Byte() = Nothing
Dim iBytesRead As Integer
Dim sChunks As FileStream = File.OpenRead("c:\myfile.wav")
Dim Totalread As Int64 = 0
ReDim totalbytes(sChunks.Length)
Do
iBytesRead = sChunks.Read(totalbytes, Totalread, Totalread+ 1048576)
Totalread+= iBytesRead
Loop While Not iBytesRead = 0
sChunks.Close()
Return totalbytes
 

but there is something is not correct,
Can you please help me in that.

Thank you

[Curtis Rutland]

Here's how I do my reading in C# :

FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(filePath);
byte[] buffer = new byte[fs.Length];
fs.Read(buffer, 0, (int)fs.Length);
fs.Flush();
fs.Close();

So I would suggest cutting out your lines 6 through 9 and replacing them with something like this:

sChunks.Read(totalbytes, 0, totalbytes.Length)

You might have to cast totalbytes.Length from an Int 64 to an Int 32, but I forget how to cast in VB.NET.

Hope that helps.

[EDIT]
For future reference, "there is something is not correct" is not a good enough explanation. You need to tell us what it is doing wrong, and what, if any, exceptions you are getting. Please be more descriptive in the future.

[hdbbdh]

Thank you for reply

Actually I can read all bytes by File.ReadAllBytes but I need to read this file with progress.
If I read it byte by byte it will take a long time (it is take more than 5 min to read 30MB).
So I think about this way, but there is something wrong, I dont know what is it.

Finally, I am sorry about my English.

Thanks

[hdbbdh]

Also I found this sample on internet, but because I dont know c# then I dont understand it.