Public Function ConvertFileToBase64(ByVal fileName As String) As String Dim ReturnValue As String = "" If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(fileName) Then Using BinaryFile As FileStream = New FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open) Dim BinRead As BinaryReader = New BinaryReader(BinaryFile) Dim BinBytes As Byte() = BinRead.ReadBytes(CInt(BinaryFile.Length)) ReturnValue = Convert.ToBase64String(BinBytes) BinaryFile.Close() End Using End If Return ReturnValue End Function The questions I want to ask:
- I want the output that is I want to convert a text file "C:\Users\user\Desktop\rats\test\test.txt" to base64
- I was unable to get any output when i converted "test.txt" to base64
- I use filename="textbox1.text" to add my "test.txt"