The String class has an overloaded constructor that allows you to pass in a char array. char[] myChars = new char[] {'A', 'B', 'C'}; string myString = new string(myChars); /// "ABC" EDIT: oops missed the other post that points out the string constructor

dan neely wrote: when you're not home, connect the lan cord from the modem to the pc bypassing the router/firewall. that would not really work on an old dell laptop that doesn't have an ethernet port, like one of mine...it's all wireless Roswell "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today." Antonio VillaRaigosa City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

Checkout the MemoryStream and BinaryReader classes. The MemoryStream class allows you to wrap a byte array in a stream, and then BinaryReader class allows you to read primitives (doubles, floats, ints, etc...) from a stream. Hope this helps, Nathan --------------------------- Hmmm... what's a signature?