string to byte array "åäöÿ" is "????"

Hi
I have a question about byte arrays.

This is the line where it be wrong.

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Dim MyByte() As Byte = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(sString)
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if I have a ÿ in "sString" then it change it to ? it´s the same with åäö.

Do anybody now how to fix it!

plz
Tankz m00gly

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Originally posted by m00gly
Hi
I have a question about byte arrays.

This is the line where it be wrong.

CODE]
Dim MyByte() As Byte = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(sString)
[/CODE]

if I have a ÿ in "sString" then it change it to ? it´s the same with åäö.

Do anybody now how to fix it!

plz
Tankz m00gly

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Hmm, I remember having this problem as well! I think it has something to do with the fact that Strings in .NET use the unicode character set (each character is two bytes, not one).

I'll go find a work around!

Yep, .NET utilizes the unicode character set. You can use the UnicodeEncoding class for all unicode manipulation:

Code:

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    byte[] bytes = new System.Text.UnicodeEncoding().GetBytes(value);

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Hmm it didn´t work for me, my function looks like this

Code:

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Public Function SendText(ByVal sValue As String, ByVal sRemoteHost As String)
Dim MyByte As Byte()
 
        MyByte = New System.Text.UnicodeEncoding().GetBytes(sValue)

        MySocket.Send(MyByte, MyByte.Length, sRemoteHost)

    End Function

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With this code "ÿ" will be a "square" and "å" will be "e"

I hav forgot to change to unicode in the recive function!

Tanks for all help