[RESOLVED]Converting a string to byte array and back

[evan29]

I need something to convert a string into a byte array and back. I've tried:

bytData() = strData
bytData() = StrConv(strData, vbFromUnicode)

The problem is, there are all these 0 value bytes in between each byte. I have tried reading every second byte, but that doesn't always work when converting it back, after modifying it that is. I need this because it is a lot faster than doing this looped 50000 times:

strData = strData & CTbl(Temp)

I need a way to speed up my loop, because the code above can take several seconds to complete, and that array takes about 50 milliseconds, if only I can get the byte array right.