Picturebox to binary string and visa versa

[Guy R.]

hi all,
I'm looking for a way to put a string containing the contents of a small gif picture in to picture box and visa versa. So I need to convert a binary string (with data from a picture, like a gif-file) and make it "visible" in picture box and also to put the contents of a picture box in to a binary string, so that it can be "decoded" both ways to display the picture. In short picturebox <-> binary string
Many thanks in advance!

[phinds]

what's with this "binary string" stuff? Why don't you just put the GIF file in the picture box?

[Guy R.]

I know how to put a picture in a picture box lol, but the reason why I need this is to send the binary contents (ascii string) through a radiotransmitter as text, so it can be decoded at the receivers end. This way the picture could be build up again just by reading those strings.

[phinds]

just break each byte into upper and lower nibble and or them with &H30, then on the other end, take off the &H30 and put them back together.