ASP.NET

Public Shared Function DeserializeByte(ByVal b As Byte()) As Object
    If b Is Nothing Then Return Nothing
    Dim f As Runtime.Serialization.IFormatter
    Dim ms As System.IO.MemoryStream = Nothing
    Dim obj As Object = Nothing
    Try
        f = New Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter()
        ms = New System.IO.MemoryStream(b)
        obj = f.Deserialize(ms)
    Catch ex As Exception
    Finally
        If Not ms Is Nothing Then
            ms.Close()
            ms.Dispose()
        End If
    End Try
    Return obj
End Function

Public Shared Function ReadBytesFromFile(ByVal sFileName As String) As Byte()
    Dim b As Byte() = New Byte() {}
    Dim fs As System.IO.FileStream = Nothing
    Dim iLen As Integer = 0
    Try
        fs = New System.IO.FileStream(sFileName, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read)
        iLen = CType(fs.Length, Integer)
        b = New Byte(iLen) {}
        fs.Read(b, 0, iLen)
    Catch ex As Exception
    Finally
        If Not fs Is Nothing Then
            fs.Close()
            fs.Dispose()
        End If
    End Try
    Return b
End Function

public static object DeserializeByte(byte[] b)
	{
		if (b == null) return null; 
		Runtime.Serialization.IFormatter f;
		System.IO.MemoryStream ms = null;
		object obj = null;
		try {
			f = new Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter();
			ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream(b);
			obj = f.Deserialize(ms);
		}
		catch (Exception ex) {
		}
		finally {
			if ((ms != null))
			{
				ms.Close();
				ms.Dispose();
			}
		}
		return obj;
	}


	public static byte[] ReadBytesFromFile(string sFileName)
	{
		byte[] b = new byte[];
		System.IO.FileStream fs = null;
		int iLen = 0;
		try {
			fs = new System.IO.FileStream(sFileName, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read);
			iLen = (int)fs.Length;
			b = new byte[iLen + 1];
			fs.Read(b, 0, iLen);
		}
		catch (Exception ex) {
		}
		finally {
			if ((fs != null))
			{
				fs.Close();
				fs.Dispose();
			}
		}
		return b;
	}