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Yes I believe that works in most cases. &nbsp;I know the line feed (nl) character does or at least it did for me.<br />

<pre><code id="code-365201">Public checksumchar As String = vbLf
    Public Associatedchecksum(0) As String
 
 Private Sub Data_CheckSum()
        Dim myChars() As Char
        myChars = checksumchar.ToCharArray()
        Associatedchecksum(0) = AscW(myChars(0))
    End Sub
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Yes I believe that works in most cases.  I know the line feed (nl) character does or at least it did for me.


Public checksumchar As String = vbLf
    Public Associatedchecksum(0) As String
 
 Private Sub Data_CheckSum()
        Dim myChars() As Char
        myChars = checksumchar.ToCharArray()
        Associatedchecksum(0) = AscW(myChars(0))
    End Sub


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THe routine below converts a string value of w to the ASCII equivalent of Dec 119, if i had a non printable character how could i convert it to a Dec?<br />
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For example the decimal value of 10<br />

<pre><code id="code-365173">Public checksumchar As String = &quot;w&quot;
    Public Associatedchecksum(0) As String 
 Private Sub Data_CheckSum()
        Dim myChars() As Char
        myChars = checksumchar.ToCharArray()
        Associatedchecksum(0) = AscW(myChars(0))
    End Sub
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THe routine below converts a string value of w to the ASCII equivalent of Dec 119, if i had a non printable character how could i convert it to a Dec?

For example the decimal value of 10

Convert a non printable ACSII char to a decimal value

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