private static string getLFSString(byte[] buf, int startpos, int maxlen) {
			int i;
			string ret = "";
			Encoding enc = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252); //latin-1, default
			int stringoffset = 0;
			int ignore = 0;
			for (i = 0; i < maxlen; ++i) {				
				if (buf[i + startpos] == 0x00) {
					break;
				}
				if (buf.Length > i + startpos + 1) {
					byte[] c = { buf[i + startpos], buf[i + startpos + 1]};
					string tmp = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetString(c);
					if (tmp == "^J") {
						enc = Encoding.GetEncoding(932); //japanese
						ignore += 2;
					} else if (tmp == "^B") {
						enc = Encoding.GetEncoding(1257); //baltic
						ignore += 2;
					} else if (tmp == "^C") {
						enc = Encoding.GetEncoding(1251); //cryllic
						ignore += 2;
					} else if (tmp == "^E") {
						enc = Encoding.GetEncoding(1250); //eastern european
						ignore += 2;
					} else if (tmp == "^T") {
						enc = Encoding.GetEncoding(1254); //turkish
						ignore += 2;
					} else if (tmp == "^L") {
						enc = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252); //latin-1
						ignore += 2;
					}
				}
				if (ignore == 0) {
					ret += enc.GetString(buf, i + startpos + stringoffset, 1);
				} else {
					ignore--;
				}
			}
			return ret;
		}