Yes same feeling here. Forest hides the trees:)
Cetin

>Cetin,
>Thanks for the sample code. BitConverter was exactly what I needed. I knew there had to be something out there that would do what I wanted. The only problem is that there are sooooooooo many classes in the framework, and that can be both a blessing and a curse. It is a blessing most of the time though.
>
>Einar
>>Einar,
>>Use BitConverter class as Zakaria pointed:
>>

using System;
>>class quickTest
>>{
>>   static void Main() {
>>
>>   System.Int64 paraInt64 = 4294967295;
>>   System.Int32 iValue = 42000;
>>
>>   System.Byte[] bValue1 = BitConverter.GetBytes(iValue);
>>   System.Byte[] bValue2 = BitConverter.GetBytes(paraInt64);
>>
>>   Console.WriteLine("Int sizes {0} and {1}",bValue1.Length,bValue2.Length);
>>
>>   int iRetVal1 = BitConverter.ToInt32(bValue1,0);
>>   long iRetVal2 = BitConverter.ToInt64(bValue2,0);
>>
>>   Console.WriteLine("Values back: {0} and {1}",iRetVal1,iRetVal2);
>>}}

Cetin