Get an encoding for code page 1252 (Western Europe character set)
Imports System.Text
Module Example
Public Sub Main()
Dim cp1252 As Encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252)
Dim str As String = String.Format("{0}", ChrW(&h24c8))
For Each ch In str
Console.Write("{0} ", Convert.ToUInt16(ch).ToString("X4"))
Next
Dim bytes() As Byte = cp1252.GetBytes(str)
For Each byt In bytes
Console.Write("{0:X2} ", byt)
Next
Dim str2 As String = cp1252.GetString(bytes)
Console.WriteLine("String round-tripped: {0}", str.Equals(str2))
If Not str.Equals(str2) Then
Console.WriteLine(str2)
For Each ch In str2
Console.Write("{0} ", Convert.ToUInt16(ch).ToString("X4"))
Next
End If
End Sub
End Module