>I built this small function that does it but I was wondering if there would be something builtin the .NET Framework that would accomplish the same:
>
>

>    Private Function StringToHexadecimal(ByVal tcString As String) As String
>        Dim lcString As String = ""
>        Dim lnCounter As Integer = 0
>        For lnCounter = 1 To tcString.Length
>            lcString = lcString + Hex(Asc(Mid(tcString, lnCounter, 1)))
>        Next
>        Return lcString
>    End Function
>

Hex is a VB function I think. With .Net there should be several ways. ie:

     Dim lcString As String = ""
     Dim lnCounter As Integer = 0
   dim bytes as Byte() = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes( tcString )
      For lnCounter = 1 To tcString.Length
          lcString = lcString + String.Format( "{0:X}",bytes(lnCounter) )
      Next
      Return lcString

Cetin