Convert String to ANSI Byte Array

Use the StrConv function with "vbFromUnicode" to convert a Visual Basic string to a byte array of ANSI characters.

Dim company As String
Dim b() As Byte

company = "CHILKAT SOFTWARE"

b = StrConv(company,vbFromUnicode)

' We now have a byte array containing 'C', 'H', 'I', 'L', ...