# C1.Win.C1Input.C1PictureBox.ImageToByteArray

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<h1 id="C1_Win_C1Input_C1PictureBox_ImageToByteArray_" data-uid="C1.Win.C1Input.C1PictureBox.ImageToByteArray*">ImageToByteArray Method
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<h4 id="C1_Win_C1Input_C1PictureBox_ImageToByteArray_System_Drawing_Image_System_Drawing_Imaging_ImageFormat_" data-uid="C1.Win.C1Input.C1PictureBox.ImageToByteArray(System.Drawing.Image,System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat)">ImageToByteArray(Image, ImageFormat)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Returns the contents of an image.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public static byte[] ImageToByteArray(Image image, ImageFormat format)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Shared Function ImageToByteArray(image As Image, format As ImageFormat) As Byte()</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.drawing.image">Image</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">image</span></td>
      <td><p>Image to return as a byte array.</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.drawing.imaging.imageformat">ImageFormat</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">format</span></td>
      <td><p>Format in which to return the image contents.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.byte">byte</a>[]</td>
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