getstring function

[vbgladiator]

Hey,

I am reading a field from a binary file and this is how I retrieve it.

sTemp = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(patbytes, 0, 64)
pat.FirstName = sTemp.Trim

patbytes contain 256 bytes which are a patient record.
The bytes i'm getting are the first name.
When I get the string, it is 64 chars long even after I trim it.
The 64 is the max # of characters, but that is never the case.
How can I retrieve just the name without the extra characters?
When I check stemp(20), it shows me nothing, so I do not understand why trim is not getting it done.

Thanks,

[.paul.]

try

asc(stemp(20))

then use

replace

[vbgladiator]

I got it.
I had to use chr(0).

Thanks,

[.paul.]

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