If a direct convert doesn't work, you can "read" your char into a
stringbuilder

dim i as short
dim sb as new system.text.stringbuilder()
for i = 0 to 299
   sb.append buffer(i)
next

lable1.text = sb.tostring()

The string class has a constructor which takes a char array, so.....

string str = new string(buffer);

would work

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