Function URLEncoding(vstrIn)
 strReturn = ""
 For i = 1 To Len(vstrIn)
 ThisChr = Mid(vStrIn,i,1)
 If Abs(Asc(ThisChr)) < &HFF Then
 strReturn = strReturn & ThisChr
 Else
 innerCode = Asc(ThisChr)
 If innerCode < 0 Then
 innerCode = innerCode + &H10000
 End If
 Hight8 = (innerCode And &HFF00)\ &HFF
 Low8 = innerCode And &HFF
 strReturn = strReturn & "%" & Hex(Hight8) & "%" & Hex(Low8)
 End If
 Next
 URLEncoding = strReturn
End Function
Function bytes2BSTR(vIn)
 strReturn = ""
 For i = 1 To LenB(vIn)
 ThisCharCode = AscB(MidB(vIn,i,1))
 If ThisCharCode < &H80 Then
 strReturn = strReturn & Chr(ThisCharCode)
 Else
 NextCharCode = AscB(MidB(vIn,i+1,1))
 strReturn = strReturn & Chr(CLng(ThisCharCode) * &H100 + CInt(NextCharCode))
 i = i + 1
 End If
 Next
 bytes2BSTR = strReturn
End Function