Calculate MD5 checksum for a file

Question

I\'m using iTextSharp to read the text from a PDF file. However, there are times I cannot extract text, because the PDF file is only containing images. I download the same P

Answer 1

Here is a slightly simpler version that I found. It reads the entire file in one go and only requires a single using directive.

byte[] ComputeHash(string filePath)
{
    using (var md5 = MD5.Create())
    {
        return md5.ComputeHash(File.ReadAllBytes(filePath));
    }
}