HOWTO: convert string to 8-bit bytes and back

[dermot]

None of the Converter tyeps (eg ASCIIEncoding )let you
convert between string and 8-bit bytes (0-255).

It took me a long time to find there is a way, well, at
least 2 ways.....here is the way to go fromn string to
bytes....

'Method 1
Dim Enc As Encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252)
Dim pBytes() As Byte = Enc.GetBytes(S)

'Method 2
Dim pBytes() As Byte = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(S)
Dermot Balson
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encryption
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Last updated August 2003

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"dermot" <de********************@hotmail.com> scripsit:

None of the Converter tyeps (eg ASCIIEncoding )let you
convert between string and 8-bit bytes (0-255).

ASCII is 7-Bit.

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Herfried K. Wagner
MVP · VB Classic, VB.NET
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Tom Spink]

Hi Dermot,

Are you having a problem with conversion? Also, ASCII is 7-bits, 0-127.

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None of the Converter tyeps (eg ASCIIEncoding )let you
convert between string and 8-bit bytes (0-255).

It took me a long time to find there is a way, well, at
least 2 ways.....here is the way to go fromn string to
bytes....

'Method 1
Dim Enc As Encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252)
Dim pBytes() As Byte = Enc.GetBytes(S)

'Method 2
Dim pBytes() As Byte = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(S)
Dermot Balson
Free VBA code for user interfaces, internet connectivity,
encryption
http://www.webace.com.au/~balson/Ins...l/Default.html
Last updated August 2003

[dermot]

> ASCII is 7-Bit

thanks Herfried, that was exactly my problem. I needed 8-
bit conversion which is how the Windows APIs work for VB6.

That's why I posted the sample code, to help others with
the same problem.

regards

Dermot