Converting byte buffer to string

[Tim Johnson]

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

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

You can use the Encoding class e.g.

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

Peter

 

[Tim Johnson]

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