title: How to convert a byte into a string in vb.net?
body: <p>I have the function below ENCRYPT.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Public Function Encrypt(ByVal plainText As String) As Byte()
  
  
  Dim key() As Byte = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24}
  Dim iv() As Byte = {65, 110, 68, 26, 69, 178, 200, 219}
  
  
      ' Declare a UTF8Encoding object so we may use the GetByte 
      ' method to transform the plainText into a Byte array. 
      Dim utf8encoder As UTF8Encoding = New UTF8Encoding()
      Dim inputInBytes() As Byte = utf8encoder.GetBytes(plainText)
  
      ' Create a new TripleDES service provider 
      Dim tdesProvider As TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider = New TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider()
  
      ' The ICryptTransform interface uses the TripleDES 
      ' crypt provider along with encryption key and init vector 
      ' information 
      Dim cryptoTransform As ICryptoTransform = tdesProvider.CreateEncryptor(Me.key, Me.iv)
  
      ' All cryptographic functions need a stream to output the 
      ' encrypted information. Here we declare a memory stream 
      ' for this purpose. 
      Dim encryptedStream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream()
      Dim cryptStream As CryptoStream = New CryptoStream(encryptedStream, cryptoTransform, CryptoStreamMode.Write)
  
      ' Write the encrypted information to the stream. Flush the information 
      ' when done to ensure everything is out of the buffer. 
      cryptStream.Write(inputInBytes, 0, inputInBytes.Length)
      cryptStream.FlushFinalBlock()
      encryptedStream.Position = 0
  
      ' Read the stream back into a Byte array and return it to the calling 
      ' method. 
      Dim result(encryptedStream.Length - 1) As Byte
      encryptedStream.Read(result, 0, encryptedStream.Length)
      cryptStream.Close()
      Return result
  End Function
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do i see the byte value of the text?</p>