checking binary data

[nabeels786]

im reading in binary data from the Inet control for movies.

sometimes it 404s however, and when i open the file in wordpad, the html 404 page is there. how do i check whether it 404d?

vtData = Inet1.GetChunk(256, 1)
tmplen = UBound(vtData)
length = length + tmplen 'get the total size
                        
 if instr(1,vtData,"404") then 
    ....

i tried that, doesnt work, when i debug.print it, its full of ? marks.

any ideas? i think its a conversion from binary to ascii, which i dont know how to do..

thanks