Visual Basic

Imports System.Xml.XPath
Imports System.Xml.Linq
Imports System


Public Class Form1

      Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

            Dim xmldoc As XDocument = XDocument.Load("OpenFileDialog1.FileName")
            Dim
            OpenFileDialog1.Filter = "Xml (*.xml)|*.xml"
            OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog()
            System.Xml.Linq.XDocument.Load(OpenFileDialog1.FileName)

      End Sub

End Class 

<xml version="1.0" encoding="utf=8">
<person>
<fname>Keith</fname>
<lname>Ryan</lname>
</person>

Dim msg As Byte() = New Byte(2) {}
msg(0) = &H3A
msg(1) = &H2D


MsgBox(BitConverter.ToUInt16(msg, 0))