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>Another example: a value of -32767 would be represented as:
> |32|76|7B| or |32|76|7E| again assuming that a 3-byte field was wanted. By the way I feel a little unsure about the negative signs (not what you want to hear, I'm sure) but you can be certain that "F"is the standard for a positive number.
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>hope this helps,
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>Jim N

Jim, you are correct. 'F' is the standard for unsigned which is treated as postive. The standard for postive is 'C' and for negative is 'D'. This is what Gerry's code does where he adds '12' (hex C) or '13' (hex D) to the offset for a signed number, or '15' (hex F) for an unsigned number.

Rick