diff --git a/src/org/hwo/StringHelper.java b/src/org/hwo/StringHelper.java
index dbddea1..5990278 100644
--- a/src/org/hwo/StringHelper.java
+++ b/src/org/hwo/StringHelper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.hwo;
 
+import java.awt.event.TextEvent;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -62,5 +63,21 @@ public class StringHelper {
 		return new String(chs);
 	}
 	
+	public static byte[] toCString(String s){
+		byte[] b = new byte[ s.length() + 1];
+		
+		for (int i=0;i<s.length();i++)
+			b[i] = (byte)s.charAt(i);
+		b[s.length()] = 0x00;
+		return b;
+	}
+	
+	public static String fromCString(byte[] bytes){
+		char[] c = new char[bytes.length-1];
+		for (int i=0;i<c.length-1;i++)
+			c[i] = (char)bytes[i];
+		return new String(c);
+	}
+	
 	
 }