You need to convert the string into a Char then cast it to Int. Try this instead:

(int)Char.Parse(cString.Substring( 1, 1 ));

>In VFP I can do this:
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>lnChar = asc( substring( cString, 1, 1 ) )
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>I can't figure out how to do it in c#. I've tried
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>int lnChar = (int)cString.Substring( 1, 1 )
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>but I get an error 'Cannot convert type string to int'. Apparently, it must be type 'char' in order to cast it as an 'int'. The only problem is, 'Cannot convert type string to char' either. Anybody know what I need to do here? Thanks a lot,
>jfh