public ActionResult AddPost(PostVM post, HttpPostedFileBase fileUpload) { try { if (ModelState.IsValid) { if (fileUpload != null) { var res = ImageHelper.ScaleImage(Image.FromStream(fileUpload.InputStream, true, true), 600, 400); ImageConverter _imageConverter = new ImageConverter(); byte[] xByte = (byte[])_imageConverter.ConvertTo(res, typeof(byte[])); post.Photo = xByte; } if (dataHelper.AddMessage(post, User.Identity.Name)) { return(RedirectToAction("Index", new { page = 1, themeId = post.Theme })); } else { return(View("Error")); } } else { var themes = dataHelper.GetThemes(); if (!User.IsInRole("admin")) { themes.RemoveAt(0); } ViewBag.Themes = themes.Select(x => new SelectListItem { Text = x.Name, Value = x.Id.ToString() }).ToList(); return(View(post)); } } catch (Exception ex) { logger.ErrorMessage("305", ex); return(View("Error", new Error() { ExDescription = ex.Message })); } }