Going 1 setp further you can convert an Hex value to a decimal

* convert to a decimal value
?ASC(STRCONV('18',16)) &&  24
?ASC(STRCONV('ff',16)) && 255

** Hex numbers in separate groups
* 04 01
?ASC(STRCONV('04',16))+(ASC(STRCONV('01',16))*16^2) && 260

** one large number
* 4E9AC3 
? ASC(STRCONV('c3',16))+(ASC(STRCONV('9a',16))*16^2)+;
 (ASC(STRCONV('4e',16))*16^3) && 39,619

* 30404040 
? ASC(STRCONV('40',16))+(ASC(STRCONV('40',16))*16^2)+;
 (ASC(STRCONV('40',16))*16^3)+(ASC(STRCONV('30',16))*16^4) && 3,424,320

>>Anyone have a routine for converting Hex to ASCII?
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>VFP version ?
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>Look
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>? STRCONV('30404040',16)
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