From: antony.clements@optusnet.com.au   
      
   the data is from the full ascii range   
   "Dean Earley"  wrote in message   
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   > Dean Earley wrote:   
   >> Antony Clements wrote:   
   >>> bytearray() = Mid(stream1, b, 8)   
   >>> bytearray2() = Mid(stream2, c, 8) 'a messagebox here proves that at this   
   >>> point, the data held in bytearray() is different than the data held in   
   >>> bytearray2()   
   >>   
   >> This copies a UNICODE string into the byte array.   
   >> This will be 16 bytes, every other one being a null character.   
   >>   
   >> If you want each character as an item in the array, then you want:   
   >> bytearray = StrConv(string, vbFromUnicode)   
   >   
   > This does assume a normal ANSI string. It will be longer if you have non   
   > ANSI data in your string   
   >   
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   > Dean Earley (dean.earley@icode.co.uk)   
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