when I input a string value from an INI file, there is something tacked on to the end of it. I set the length of the returned string to 50 and used RTrim() to remove the trailing spaces, but when I go into debug mode and hover the mouse over the string it has a thick "|" on the end. What the hell is that?

Also, i looked at what the ascii value of that thick "|" was and it said it was 0.