convert string to memory stream - Memory stream is not expandable?

Question

i was trying to write a string to a memory stream, but failed with the error message:

Memory stream is not expandable.

the line of code that pr

Answer 1

When you create a MemoryStream from a byte array, you essentially create a wrapper around said array. Which means the stream's buffer cannot expand once it reaches its capacity.

However, an HttpResponse.Filter is essentially that: a filter. The documentation states:

When you create a Stream object and set the Filter property to the Stream object, all HTTP output sent by Write passes through the filter.

So data ends up being written to the MemoryStream. So it would help to know what you're trying to achieve with this, exactly, because a MemoryStream would not make a useful filter...