Read data from TCP/IP from labview

I send the data using a tcpip connetion in labview. The data I write looks like this(4 bytes): If I wanted to send decimal 16, it would send the string '0000 0010' in labview. Now I want to read this value ('0000 0010') in matlab. I have tried:

 fread(Client,4)
So this would give a 4x1 array of [0;0;0;16].
I have found a way of converting this to the hex format and then into the decimal format i need, but i think there is a better way. any suggestions?

 val = fread(Client,4);
 val = dec2hex(val );
 val = transpose(val );
 val = reshape(val ,1,8);
 val = val (find(~isspace(val )));
 val = hex2dec(val );

I should mention that in labview if I want to receive the data all I do is use a typecast function (to convert the string into the equivalent decimal valule). I know there is cast and typecast in matlab, but I couldnt get the good results with them.

THanks!!

[Scotland]

look at this, i tested it and it's working http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/42567-matlab-and-labview-data-exchange-over-tcp-ip