VB2010 TEXT TO HEX HELPPPP

[maxter55]

I'm using vb 2010, lets say i have a TextBox1.Text and i want that the information entered there converts to hex so im talking about converting string to hex, i know for integers u can use hex() but not for string, im just trying to convert text to hex, now in python i would use textbox1.text.encode("hex"), im new in the programation world and i started with python so i dont know how to do this in vb2010,lets just say im making a hex to text conv and textbox1.text is where i'm gonna type the text, any help would be appreciated.