InfoPathAttachmentEncoding

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Security.Cryptography;

namespace InfoPathAttachmentEncoding
{
///

/// InfoPathAttachment encodes file data into the format expected by InfoPath for use in file attachment nodes.
///

public class InfoPathAttachmentEncoder
{
private string base64EncodedFile = string.Empty;
private string fullyQualifiedFileName;

private string strNewFileName;
private byte[] data;

///

/// Creates an encoder to create an InfoPath attachment string.
///

///
public InfoPathAttachmentEncoder(string fullyQualifiedFileName)
{
if (fullyQualifiedFileName == string.Empty)
throw new ArgumentException("Must specify file name", "fullyQualifiedFileName");

if (!File.Exists(fullyQualifiedFileName))
throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist: " + fullyQualifiedFileName, fullyQualifiedFileName);

this.fullyQualifiedFileName = fullyQualifiedFileName;
}

public InfoPathAttachmentEncoder(string strNewFileName, byte[] data)
{
this.strNewFileName = strNewFileName;
this.data = data;
}

public string ToBase64String2()
{
if (this.strNewFileName == null || this.data == null)
throw new ArgumentException("Must specify new file name or data", "fullyQualifiedFileName");

// This memory stream will hold the InfoPath file attachment buffer before Base64 encoding.
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();

string fileName = this.strNewFileName;

uint fileNameLength = (uint)fileName.Length + 1;

byte[] fileNameBytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(fileName);

using (BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(ms))
{
// Write the InfoPath attachment signature.
bw.Write(new byte[] { 0xC7, 0x49, 0x46, 0x41 });

// Write the default header information.
bw.Write((uint)0x14); // size
bw.Write((uint)0x01); // version
bw.Write((uint)0x00); // reserved

// Write the file size.
bw.Write((uint)this.data.Length);

// Write the size of the file name.
bw.Write((uint)fileNameLength);

// Write the file name (Unicode encoded).
bw.Write(fileNameBytes);

// Write the file name terminator. This is two nulls in Unicode.
bw.Write(new byte[] { 0, 0 });

bw.Write(this.data, 0, this.data.Length);
}

// This memorystream will hold the Base64 encoded InfoPath attachment.
MemoryStream msOut = new MemoryStream();

using (BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(new MemoryStream(ms.ToArray())))
{
// Create a Base64 transform to do the encoding.
ToBase64Transform tf = new ToBase64Transform();

byte[] data = new byte[tf.InputBlockSize];
byte[] outData = new byte[tf.OutputBlockSize];

int bytesRead = 1;

while (bytesRead > 0)
{
bytesRead = br.Read(data, 0, data.Length);

if (bytesRead == data.Length)
tf.TransformBlock(data, 0, bytesRead, outData, 0);
else
outData = tf.TransformFinalBlock(data, 0, bytesRead);

msOut.Write(outData, 0, outData.Length);
}
}

msOut.Close();

return base64EncodedFile = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(msOut.ToArray());
}

///

/// Returns a Base64 encoded string.
///

/// String
public string ToBase64String()
{
if (base64EncodedFile != string.Empty)
return base64EncodedFile;

// This memory stream will hold the InfoPath file attachment buffer before Base64 encoding.
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();

// Get the file information.
using (BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(File.Open(fullyQualifiedFileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read)))
{
string fileName = Path.GetFileName(fullyQualifiedFileName);

uint fileNameLength = (uint)fileName.Length + 1;

byte[] fileNameBytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(fileName);

using (BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(ms))
{
// Write the InfoPath attachment signature.
bw.Write(new byte[] { 0xC7, 0x49, 0x46, 0x41 });

// Write the default header information.
bw.Write((uint)0x14); // size
bw.Write((uint)0x01); // version
bw.Write((uint)0x00); // reserved

// Write the file size.
bw.Write((uint)br.BaseStream.Length);

// Write the size of the file name.
bw.Write((uint)fileNameLength);

// Write the file name (Unicode encoded).
bw.Write(fileNameBytes);

// Write the file name terminator. This is two nulls in Unicode.
bw.Write(new byte[] {0,0});

// Iterate through the file reading data and writing it to the outbuffer.
byte[] data = new byte[64*1024];
int bytesRead = 1;

while (bytesRead > 0)
{
bytesRead = br.Read(data, 0, data.Length);
bw.Write(data, 0, bytesRead);
}
}
}


// This memorystream will hold the Base64 encoded InfoPath attachment.
MemoryStream msOut = new MemoryStream();

using (BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(new MemoryStream(ms.ToArray())))
{
// Create a Base64 transform to do the encoding.
ToBase64Transform tf = new ToBase64Transform();

byte[] data = new byte[tf.InputBlockSize];
byte[] outData = new byte[tf.OutputBlockSize];

int bytesRead = 1;

while (bytesRead > 0)
{
bytesRead = br.Read(data, 0, data.Length);

if (bytesRead == data.Length)
tf.TransformBlock(data, 0, bytesRead, outData, 0);
else
outData = tf.TransformFinalBlock(data, 0, bytesRead);

msOut.Write(outData, 0, outData.Length);
}
}

msOut.Close();

return base64EncodedFile = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(msOut.ToArray());
}
}
}