>>>>>Why does C# char = (char)134 return different value character than VFP char(134)?
>>>>>
>>>>>UPDATE. I understand why but have not found the way to resolve my issue. I need to get a character (in .NET program) (for number 134 or higher) that match exactly the character that VFP gets when using char(134) and such.
>>>>>Any suggestion, please let me know. Except I cannot change the VFP code.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Since .net uses UTF-16 to store a char ( one char = 2 bytes ), you do not encode chars
>>>>
>>>>When chars are stored to a file, they are first converted to a sequence of bytes (1, 2, 3 or 4 depending on the char and the encoding utf8, utf16, single byte char set, double byte chars set) and the byte sequence is written to the file
>>>>This means that a file does not contain chars, but bytes
>>>>
>>>>You convert the chars to a byte array first, using an encoding, then encode the byte array
>>>>
>>>>Supposing your code page in vfp is 1252
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>		internal static void Go()
>>>>		{
>>>>			// from byte to string
>>>>			byte[] src = new byte[] { 134 };
>>>>			string p = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetString(src);
>>>>
>>>>			// from string to bytes
>>>>			string s = "†"; // chr(134) in 1252 codepage
>>>>
>>>>			byte[] bytes = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetBytes(s);
>>>>			
>>>>		}
>>>>

>>>
>>>I re-read your code example and I see the solution there for me. Thank you!
>>
>>Good because I did not understand your first reply
>
>To clarify: in .NET when my code converts space (char(32) to an 'encrypted character' the logic is:
>1. Get the ASCII number of this character (empty space). Which I can do as you suggested:
>

>    byte[] bytes = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetBytes(" ");
>

>2. Add 102 to the resulting number (in step 1)
> so I have to add 102 to the 'bytes' and create new byte[] named NewBytes.
>3. Get the character corresponding to the new byte:
>

>    string Encrypted = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetString(NewBytes);
>

>
>The step two is what I am still not clear how to do.


Step two seems ok - but I'd prefer to store a byte array

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/cc305145

There are some values that are not a char in codepage 1252
Seems to work - but will it be without any problem in the future - I don;t know

internal static void Go()
		{
			byte[] bytes = new byte[] {0x81, 0x8d, 0x8f, 0x90 };
			string s = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetString(bytes);

			char[] c = s.ToCharArray();

			int l = s.Length;
		}