C# - String to Stream & Stream to String

Following code can be used to convert Stream to String and Stream to String using C#

	// convert stream to string
	StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream);
	string text = reader.ReadToEnd();

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	// convert string to stream
	byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(contents);
	//byte[] byteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(contents);
	MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray);

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ASP.NET MVC - WebGrid Column Width

Its easy to set the individual column width for ASP.NET MVC WebGrid. You can apply a CSS Style Class to the column. Find a sample below.

	@{
	var grid = new WebGrid(Model, null, null, 50);
	}
	@grid.GetHtml(columns: grid.Columns(
	grid.Column("Date", "Date", canSort: true, style: "date"),
	grid.Column("SalesPerson", "SalesPerson", canSort: true, style: "salesperson personname"),
	grid.Column("SaleAmount", "SaleAmount", canSort: true, style: "saleamount")
	));

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	/* CSS Styles*/
	.date {
	width: 100px;
	}
	.saleamount {
	width: 150px;
	}
	.salesperson {
	color: Blue;
	}

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As in the sample above, you can apply multiple classes as well for the same column.