>>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,

For the working version see FAQ#7909.
:)