cannot send fileupload.postedfile.inputstream as an attachment - ERROR: cannot convert system.io.stream to string

Question

I need to send a pdf as an attachment. I am using a html template as mailbody. My problem is the error displayed while trying to send the attachment as follows.

email.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(FileUpload1.PostedFile.InputStream), pdffilename);

The FileUpload1.PostedFile.InputStream is the error code.

My full code is displayed below:

private void send_job_notification(string name, string app_email, string job_id, string job_title, string experience,string pdffilename)
    {
        string to = "aaa@bbb.com";
        SmtpClient smtp_server = new SmtpClient();
        MailMessage email = new MailMessage("aaa@bbb.com", to);
        smtp_server.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
        smtp_server.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
        smtp_server.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("aaa@bbb.com", "PASSWORD");
        smtp_server.Port = 25;
        smtp_server.EnableSsl = false;
        smtp_server.Host = "zzz.bbb.com";
        email.From = new MailAddress("aaa@bbb.com");
        email.To.Add(to);
        email.Subject = "New Job request submitted for company";
        email.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(FileUpload1.PostedFile.InputStream), pdffilename);
        email.IsBodyHtml = true;
        string FilePath = Server.MapPath("~/emailnewtemplate.html");
        StreamReader str = new StreamReader(FilePath);
        string MailText = str.ReadToEnd();
        str.Close();
        string line1 = "<h4>Dear Management</h4>";
        string line2 = "<h4>A new job request has been receieved. The applicant details are as follows</h4>";
        string table_open = "<table class='table table-responsive-sm'>";
        string row_1 = "<tr><td>Name : </td><td> " + name + " </td></tr>";
        string row_2 = "<tr><td>Email : </td><td> " + app_email + " </td></tr>";
        string row_3 = "<tr><td>Job ID : </td><td> " + job_id + " </td></tr>";
        string row_4 = "<tr><td>Job Title : </td><td> " + job_title + " </td></tr>";
        string row_5 = "<tr><td>Experience : </td><td> " + experience + " </td></tr>";
        string table_close = "</table>";
        string line3 = table_open + row_1 + row_2 + row_3 + row_4 + row_5 + table_close;
        string htmlbody = line1 + line2 + line3;
        MailText = MailText.Replace("[#####HERE#####]", htmlbody);
        email.Body = MailText;
        smtp_server.Send(email);
   }

Possible duplicate of [Convert String to System.IO.Stream](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8047064/convert-string-to-system-io-stream) — Linda Lawton - DaImTo, Feb 12 '19 at 07:11

sujith karivelil · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-12T07:16:17.100

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I think a wrongly placed bracket is your problem, It looks like you tried to use the constructor Attachment(Stream, String) of the Attachment class but you supplied only the stream. the constructor of Attachment class that accepts only one parameter is expecting a string that's what the error message says

correct it as :

email.Attachments.Add(new Attachment(FileUpload1.PostedFile.InputStream, pdffilename));

edited Feb 12 '19 at 07:16

answered Feb 12 '19 at 07:13

sujith karivelil

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cannot send fileupload.postedfile.inputstream as an attachment - ERROR: cannot convert system.io.stream to string

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