'Declare an array of bytes, assign single-byte character codes, and convert to a string
Dim singleByteChars(4) As Byte
singleByteChars(0) = 72
singleByteChars(1) = 101
singleByteChars(2) = 108
singleByteChars(3) = 108
singleByteChars(4) = 111
Dim stringFromSingleByteChars As String
stringFromSingleByteChars = StrConv(singleByteChars, vbUnicode)
'stringFromSingleByteChars = "Hello"