>Is there a way in VFP to convert a string to a hex value?
>like if I get the string "<]" to convert it to "0xC35D"?

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FUNCTION str2hex
  LPARAMETERS pcStr

  LOCAL lnCnt, lcHex

  lcHex = ""
  lnCnt = len(pcStr)
  DO WHILE lnCnt > 0
    lcHex = RIGHT(TRANSFORM(ASC(SUBSTR(pcStr, lnCnt, 1)), "@0"), 2) + lcHex
    lnCnt = lnCnt - 1
  ENDDO

  return iif(!empty(lcHex), "0x"+lcHex, "")
ENDFUNC

Not tested, but hope it helps,