I have to read an ASCIIZ byte buffer from a registry entry and display it on
my form. What's the right way to convert this to a C# string? I can see
the bytes as an object retrieved from the OpenNETCF registry, as in "0x41
0x42 0x43 0x00". I was hoping there was a simple convert statement, vs.
some roundabout way using a TextReader stream or something.

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Tim Johnson
High Point Software, Inc.
www.high-point.com
(503) 312-8625

You can use the Encoding class e.g.

string mystring = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(mybytes)

Peter

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Peter Foot
Windows Embedded MVP
www.inthehand.com | www.peterfoot.net | www.opennetcf.org

"Tim Johnson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have to read an ASCIIZ byte buffer from a registry entry and display it
>on my form. What's the right way to convert this to a C# string? I can
>see the bytes as an object retrieved from the OpenNETCF registry, as in
>"0x41 0x42 0x43 0x00". I was hoping there was a simple convert statement,
>vs. some roundabout way using a TextReader stream or something.
>
> --
>
> Tim Johnson
> High Point Software, Inc.
> www.high-point.com
> (503) 312-8625
>
>
>

That was it, thanks (although for some reason I needed to specify the
start/length parameters, it complained about having only 1 parameter even
though the help says that legitimate).

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Tim Johnson
High Point Software, Inc.
www.high-point.com
(503) 312-8625


"Peter Foot [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> You can use the Encoding class e.g.
>
> string mystring = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(mybytes)
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Foot
> Windows Embedded MVP
> www.inthehand.com | www.peterfoot.net | www.opennetcf.org
>
> "Tim Johnson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:eK%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have to read an ASCIIZ byte buffer from a registry entry and display it
>>on my form. What's the right way to convert this to a C# string? I can
>>see the bytes as an object retrieved from the OpenNETCF registry, as in
>>"0x41 0x42 0x43 0x00". I was hoping there was a simple convert statement,
>>vs. some roundabout way using a TextReader stream or something.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Tim Johnson
>> High Point Software, Inc.
>> www.high-point.com
>> (503) 312-8625
>>
>>
>>
>
>