http://blogs.msdn.com/b/erudition/archive/2007/12/20/code-snippets-for-common-operations.aspx1. read all the contents of a File string output = File.ReadAllText(&lt;FilePath&gt;); 2. Write contents to a File File.WriteAllText(&lt;FilePath&gt;,Encoding); 3. Convert String to Byte Array byte[] buf = System.Text.Encoding.&lt;Encoding&gt;en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/erudition/archive/2007/12/20/code-snippets-for-common-operations.aspx#8471152Thu, 08 May 2008 14:24:30 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8471152erudition<p>5. Copying one stream to another </p> <p>FileStream _fStream = new FileStream(@&quot;&lt;FilePath&gt;&quot;,FileMode.Open);</p> <p>MemoryStream _stream = new MemoryStream();</p> <p>byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];</p> <p>int nrBytesWritten = _fStream.Read(buffer, 0, 1024);</p> <p>while (nrBytesWritten &gt; 0)</p> <p>{</p> <p>_stream.Write(buffer, 0, nrBytesWritten);</p> <p> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;nrBytesWritten = _fStream.Read(buffer, 0, 1024);</p> <p> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;}</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8471152" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/erudition/archive/2007/12/20/code-snippets-for-common-operations.aspx#6815717Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:34:23 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6815717MSDN Blog Postings » Code Snippets for common operations<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2007/12/20/code-snippets-for-common-operations/">http://msdnrss.thecoderblogs.com/2007/12/20/code-snippets-for-common-operations/</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6815717" width="1" height="1">