icon to byte [] C# compact framework

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I've looked around for an answer to this for quite some time.

I need to convert an icon to a byte[] in .NETCF but there is no icon.save() function in compact framework to create a MemoryStream object. What is another way that I can do this?

Thanks

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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There's two things I can think of, one of them is suggested by Christian, the other one is that if it is a resource, can't you get a ResourceStream? This works if you make the icon an Embedded Resource (example found here)

This SO thread also discusses something not unlike your problem.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Apr 07 '11 at 06:38

Jonas Van der Aa

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The resourcestream is what I needed since they are each different filetypes and not in .ico format. Thanks! – Zac Apr 15 '11 at 17:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 05 '11 at 23:30

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Is it possible to call Icon.ToBitmap() and then read the bytes from the bitmap?

answered Apr 05 '11 at 23:30

Hulk

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Unfortunately no :/ There's no methods within the compact framework's Icon class to do a ToBitmap() or Save()... – Zac Apr 05 '11 at 23:35

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 07 '11 at 06:29

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If all you need is the raw bytes of the .Ico file then you can just read it directly with a file stream

answered Apr 07 '11 at 06:29

Christian Resma Helle

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icon to byte [] C# compact framework

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