>VFP provides the BITSET() function to set a bit in a numeric value directly.
>
>There's no need to do all those conversions. Just work with numeric values.
>
>Vlad
>
>>>>I need to convert a binary number to Hex, and vice-versa. It's been a long time since I've done this. Does anyone have some code that will do this for me?
>>>>
>>>>The binary number will look something like: 1100001111010001 (It will be as much as 16 digits)
>>>>
>>>>Craig
>>>
>>>Hi Craig,
>>>
>>>I'd suggest a two step approach, the first being to convert the binary string to an integer, then covert the integer to hex. I recently saw a routine to do the latter conversion, so here's the first part:
>>>
>>>FUNCTION BStr2Int
>>>
>>>LPARAMETER pc_bstr
>>>
>>>LOCAL lnresult, lni, lnj, lnlast
>>>lnlast = LEN(pc_bstr)
>>>lnj = -1
>>>lnresult = 0
>>>FOR lni = lnlast TO 1 STEP -1
>>> lnj = lnj + 1
>>> lnresult = lnresult + (VAL(SUBSTR(pc_bstr, lni, 1)) * (2 ^ lnj))
>>>NEXT
>>>RETURN lnresult
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>George
>>
>>
>>Thanks George, I'll try it out. What I'm needing to do is transmit data to a remote server program. The remote program can accept optional fields i the middle of the string. The first field to send is a hex representation of the binary on/off (yes/no) of which fields are sent. For example, if field 5 is sent, then the 5th position in the binary number is set, etc.
>>
>>Craig

Can you tell me how to do this, given my requirements?

Craig