Draws a graphic held as raw data onto the canvas.

[Visual Basic]
Function DrawData(inData As Byte(), inType As String, inParams As String) As System.Drawing.Rectangle

[C#]
System.Drawing.Rectangle DrawData(byte[] inData, string inType, string inParams);

This works in exactly the same way as the DrawFile method but allows you to draw an image that is only available as raw data (as an array of bytes).

You typically use a sample filename to specify the file type. However in most cases the type can be worked out even if an empty string is passed in.

If both the width and height of the Canvas have been specified the positioning of the image on the canvas will be determined by the Positioning and Transform parameters.

If the size of the canvas has not been completely determined the canvas will be Autosized.

Canvas DrawFile function.
Canvas DrawStream function.

[Visual Basic]
Dim fl As HttpPostedFile
fl = Request.Files("filefield")
Dim params As String
params = "Fit=True VAlign=middle HAlign=middle"

Dim theLen As Integer = fl.InputStream.Length
Dim theData(theLen) As Byte
fl.InputStream.Read(theData, 0, theLen)

Dim ca As New Canvas
ca.Width = 300 ' constrain width
ca.DrawData(theData, fl.FileName, params)
ca.SaveAs(Server.MapPath("upload.jpg"), "")

[C#]
HttpPostedFile fl = Request.Files("filefield");
string params = "Fit=True VAlign=middle HAlign=middle";

int theLen = fl.InputStream.Length;
byte[] theData = new byte [ theLen ];
fl.InputStream.Read(theData, 0, theLen);

Canvas ca = new Canvas();
ca.Width = 300; // constrain width;
ca.DrawData(theData, fl.FileName, params);
ca.SaveAs(Server.MapPath("upload.jpg"), "");

The above takes a graphic file uploaded using an html upload. It constrains the width of the graphic and draws the data onto a canvas. Finally it saves the image out as a jpeg into the virtual directory of the web server.The following is an example of the html needed for the submitting form.

[HTML]
<form method="post" action="upload.aspx" name="submit" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  Choose a file to upload:<br>
  <input type="file" name="filefield" size="40"><br>
  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"><br>
</form>