Converting a Unicode string to ANSI

[lorenzodv]

As you know, VB.NET strings are Unicode by default (2-byte, 16-bit characters). I need to send messages to a remote server and it strictly requires me to send single-byte ANSI strings. Is there a way in .NET to automatically convert the strings to ANSI or do I need to strip the even bytes out myself?
Thanks.

 

[JohnYingling]

Try
Dim aryByt() as Byte
aryByt = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Content)

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[lorenzodv]

I had already tried using the System.Text.Encoding.ASCII class. The problem with that is that it converts the script to 7-bit (aka Standard) ASCII, and not to 8-bit (aka Extended) ASCII. For instance, standard alphanumerical characters are converted, but characters such as "è" or "©" (decimal codes 232 and 169, both beyond 127) are converted into decimal 63, wich is "?".