How to Convert System.Drawing.Image to Byte Array?

Question

Hi I\'m trying to convert image to byte array to pass it into sql as byte(). Im trying to use Image Converter but it keeps failing

Dim converter As New Image         


        

Answer 1

You can use a MemoryStream. By saving the image into a MemoryStream, you can get the byte array of data from the image:

Dim ms = new MemoryStream()
imgSegnature.Save(ms, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg) ' Use appropriate format here
Dim bytes = ms.ToArray()