Use "UTF-8" as the Encoding string.
You might have a look at chapter 14.10.6 Text encoding in the Beginner's Guide.
StringFromBytes (bytes() AsByte, encoding AsString) AsString
Returns a string containing the bytes in the array interpreted as characters according to encoding
I had tried cbuff = BConverter.StringFromBytes(buffer,"ASCII") then
cbuff = BConverter.StringFromBytes(buffer,"UTF8")
when I got your reply I tries
cbuff = BConverter.StringFromBytes(buffer,"UTF-8") I even tried
Dim ST as string = "UTF-8"
cbuff = BConverter.StringFromBytes(buffer,ST)
But every time I get a compile error
Cannot cast type: {Type=String,Rank=0, RemoteObject=True} to: {Type=Char,Rank=1, RemoteObject=True}
I know I'm making a trivial mistake somewhere, but I know not where to look.