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Mark Finch via .Net Guru (VIP)

I am trying to get past a simple error that I am recieving when attempting to use a valid VB6 class in VB.Net

my code is as follows:

in VB6

Public Function putN(ByVal str, buffer As Variant, dec As Long) As Boolean
putN = False
Dim Strb() As Byte
Dim e As Long
Dim i As Long
e = UBound(buffer)

Strb = str
For i = e To 0 Step -1
buffer(i) = Strb(i * 2)
Next
putN = True
End Function

In VB.Net it is:

Public Function putN(ByVal str As String, ByRef buffer As Object, ByVal dec As Long) As Boolean
putN = False
Dim Strb() As Byte
Dim e As Long
Dim i As Long
e = UBound(buffer)
Strb = str

For i = e To 0 Step -1
buffer(i) = Strb(i * 2)
Next
putN = True
End Function

I can not get the VB.Net to compile without the error:

Value of type 'String' cannot be converted to '1-dimensional array of Byte'

Any suggestions on how to recode?

Thanks
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jamie

try using the system.bitconverter class.

good luck
jamie

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Poolbeer \(MCP\)

Mark,

You could use the Encoding class in the System.Text namespace.

-- Your method --
Public Function putN(ByVal str As String, ByRef buffer As Object, ByVal dec
As Long) As Boolean
putN = False
Dim Strb() As Byte
Dim e As Long
Dim i As Long
e = UBound(buffer)
Strb = str <----- Here is the Error: You're trying to convert a
string to a byte array.

For i = e To 0 Step -1
buffer(i) = Strb(i * 2)
Next
putN = True
End Function

-- Modified Method --
Public Function putN(ByVal str As String, ByRef buffer As Object, ByVal dec
As Long) As Boolean
putN = False
Dim Strb() As Byte
Dim e As Long
Dim i As Long
e = UBound(buffer)

'**********************************
Strb = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(str.Chars)
'***************************************

For i = e To 0 Step -1
buffer(i) = Strb(i * 2)
Next
putN = True
End Function

Hope it helps.

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System.Text.Encoding

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