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Private Const CP_ACP = 0 ' default to ANSI code page
Private Const CP_UTF8 = 65001 ' default to UTF-8 code page
Private Declare Function MultiByteToWideChar Lib "kernel32" (ByVal CodePage As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal lpMultiByteStr As Long, ByVal cchMultiByte As Long, ByVal lpWideCharStr As Long, ByVal cchWideChar As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function WideCharToMultiByte Lib "kernel32" (ByVal CodePage As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal lpWideCharStr As Long, ByVal cchWideChar As Long, ByVal lpMultiByteStr As Long, ByVal cchMultiByte As Long, ByVal lpDefaultChar As Long, ByVal lpUsedDefaultChar As Long) As Long
Public Function EncodeToBytes(ByVal sData As String) As Byte() ' Note: Len(sData) > 0
Dim aRetn() As Byte
Dim nSize As Long
nSize = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, StrPtr(sData), -1, 0, 0, 0, 0)
ReDim aRetn(0 To nSize - 1) As Byte
WideCharToMultiByte CP_UTF8, 0, StrPtr(sData), -1, VarPtr(aRetn(0)), nSize, 0, 0
EncodeToBytes = aRetn
End Function