Image to Byte[] harder than thought 2 challenges - arrays

Question

This is my 5th post over a month trying to solve what I thought was a simple problem: Write and read a small bitmap to a class.
My class:
public class Task
public byte? TaskImage { get; set; }
I recreate the bitmap in the controller after an edit, the bitmap is contained in System.Drawing. This line writes to a folder as a test. It works.
mybmp.Save("C:\\temp\\lot1.bmp",System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Gif);
I think this puts it in a memory stream as a .bmp: Should this be .gif??
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
mybmp.Save(ms, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.bmp);
CHALLENGE 1 provide inline code to convert to byte[] and write to class.
Task.TaskImage =
db.SaveChanges();
Later I pass the data via a viewmodel to my view and use the ForEach item concept to display the image.
CHALLENGE 2 code to display in view table:
<img src="data:image/gif;base64,#Convert.ToBase64String(item.TaskImage.Value)" />
This code has been provided by a contributor but causes this error.
Error 2 Argument 1: cannot convert from 'method group' to 'byte[]'
It was suggested I ask a new question.
I'm a beginner so please be explicit. When I have a working answer I'll go back and post answers to my earlier posts to help others.

Answer 1

I am assuming, you are properly saving the byte array and you already have contents of your image as a byte[]
why don't you try this, if you are using MVC4
<img src="#Url.Action("GetImage", "Controller", new{id=#Model.Id})"
alt = "img" />
where GetImage is :
public ActionResult GetImage(int id)
{
var imageByteArray= GetImageByte(id)
return File(imageByteArray, "Image/jpg");
}

Answer 2

Got it!
Challenge 1 the write bitmap into a byte[] field:
mybmp.Save(ms, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Gif);
byte[] byteArray = new byte[0];
ms.Close();
var lottoupdate = db.Lots //each task row contains the lotid to which
.Where(i => i.LotID == lotID) //it is associated. Find the LotID then
.Single(); // update the taskimage field in the lot class
byteArray = ms.ToArray();
lottoupdate.TaskImage = byteArray;
db.Entry(lottoupdate).State = EntityState.Modified;
db.SaveChanges();
There was a error in the lottoupdate.TaskImage=byteArray; line because TaskImage was nullable.
public class Task
public byte? TaskImage { get; set; }
So I removed the? therefore requiring data. I now seed the field.
Challenge 2 With the TaskImage byte[] passed in the viewmodel, display the image in the view table:
<text> #{
string imageBase64 = Convert.ToBase64String(#item.TaskImage);
String imageSrc = string.Format("data:image/gif;base64,{0}", imageBase64);
}
</text>
<td><img src="#imageSrc" alt="Lot chart" border="0" /></td>
This displays the image in a table row. I needed the 'text' tags because html5 did not like the razor code without it. Note that I am not testing for null data, probably should. My program seeds an "base" image into the db.
I hope this helps someone else, it took about 30 hours of looking for this beginner.