convert svg to byte []

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In my application I am using svg files like background of my tabs in my tabContainer. User should be able dynamically add, delete or change background of the tab and save it to database. A field in database for an image is byte[](like for usual images).Can anyboby provide example or link of converting svg files to byte[]? Or may be there is better way of saving svg files to database?
Thank in advance.

Posted 30-Oct-13 4:48am

Alexander Dymshyts

Updated 30-Oct-13 4:50am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 30-Oct-13 11:47am

I wonder why?
—SA

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Solution 1 fully resolve your problem (please see my comment), but I wonder why would you want this? Perhaps you should consider one other possibility: you can convert SVG to XAML and embed XAML into it as a resource of your WPF assembly.

One very good way to work with SVG, authoring vector images and export as XAML is using the wonderful open-source product called Inkscape:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape[^],
http://www.inkscape.org/[^].

Using XAML is a very good way of using vector graphics in WPF. Practically, you can get rid of all bitmap images at all (perhaps except very small iconic images and application/window icons). Among other things, you can do any transformations on your XAML images embedded as resources (you will need to use Canvas objects) and even animate them using animation provided by WPF or custom animation based on explicit threading.

—SA

Posted 30-Oct-13 5:53am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Fredrik Bornander · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-30T04:56:00

Solution 1

Use System.Text.Encoding.

C#

var svgString = "data should be your svg file";
var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(svgString);
var svg = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);

Hope this helps,
Fredrik

Posted 30-Oct-13 4:56am

Fredrik Bornander

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 30-Oct-13 11:47am

Sure, a 5, but only if UTF encoding is used in the existing file. This is usually the case and will automatically cover ASCII.
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 30-Oct-13 11:54am

I also suggested one attractive alternative, please see Solution 2. Your solution is of course credited.
—SA