Visual Basic

public static String MemoryStreamToString(MemoryStream p_ms)
{
  return MemoryStreamToString(p_ms, Encoding.Default);
}
public static String MemoryStreamToString(MemoryStream p_ms, Encoding p_encoding)
{
  return ByteArrayToString(p_ms.GetBuffer(), p_encoding);
}

public static MemoryStream StringToMemoryStream(String p_string)
{
  return StringToMemoryStream(p_string, Encoding.Default);
}
public static MemoryStream StringToMemoryStream(String p_string, Encoding p_encoding)
{
  return new MemoryStream(StringToByteArray(p_string, p_encoding));
}

public static Byte[] StringToByteArray(string p_str)
{
  return StringToByteArray(p_str, Encoding.Default);
}
public static Byte[] StringToByteArray(string p_str, Encoding p_encoding)
{
  return p_encoding.GetBytes(p_str);
}

public static string ByteArrayToString(byte[] p_byteArray)
{
 return ByteArrayToString(p_byteArray, Encoding.Default);
}
public static string ByteArrayToString(byte[] p_byteArray, Encoding p_encoding)
{
 int numberOfBytes = p_byteArray.Length;
 return p_encoding.GetString(p_byteArray, 0, numberOfBytes);
}

<code>
if instr("read the help or google it","google") > 0 then

    Success = true

else

    PutSomeEffortInBeforePostingOnAForum = true

end if

if InStrReverse exists then

    LookItUp = true

else

    StopWastingOtherPeoplesTime = true

end if
</code>

<code>
Public scanInformThread As Threading.Thread


scanInformThread = New Threading.Thread(AddressOf Me.scanInformThreadProc)
scanInformThread.Priority = Threading.ThreadPriority.Lowest
scanInformThread.Start()

While scanInformThread.IsAlive = True

	check if cancel button is pressed
        if it is pressed then scanInformThreadProc.Abort()
	Yadayada Blahblah
	make a cuppa coffee


End While

Sub scanInformThreadProc()

	Yadayada Blahblah
	do something useful like surf the web

end sub
</code>