Convert.ToChar (Int16) converts 16-bit signed integer to Unicode character.
Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim numbers() As Short = { Int16.MinValue, 0, 40, 160, 255, 1028, _ 2011, Int16.MaxValue } Dim result As Char For Each number As Short In numbers Try result = Convert.ToChar(number) Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to '{1}'.", number, result) Catch e As OverflowException Console.WriteLine("{0} is outside the range of the Char data type.", _ number) End Try Next End Sub End Class