Characters Q

[Hap]

How can I find how the character number for Pi? or other greek letters for that matter? Also is there a way to use greek letters and other symbols on forms?

Thanks for any help.

 

[daniels012]

No Problem!
I use it allllll the time. There are some very usefull icons under wingdings and webdings. They have Spanish characters as well that I use all the time.

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

I would just like to use the letters on a label on a form.

Set the Label's Caption property so that it contains the equivalent English characters, then set the Label's font property to Symbol.

Note that you can't mix and match this way.

 

[Greg Truby]

...They have Spanish characters as well that I use all the time.

Two better solutions: using your keyboard as it is now, hold down the alt key and using the ten-key (number) pad type in the ascii code of the character. For example<ul>[*]á = alt+160[*]é = alt+130[*]í = alt+161[*]ó = alt+162[*]ú = alt+163[*]ñ = alt+164[*]Ñ = alt+165[*]¿ = alt+168[*]¡ (upside down exclamation point) = alt+173[*]Spanish quotes «» are alt+174/175[*]Works for other symbols such as cents ¢ (155) Br. pounds £ (156) Yen ¥ (157) squared ² (253)[*]You can also hit Unicode symbols by holding alt and keying the zero. For example multiplication × (alt+0215) division ÷ (alt+0247) or fractions ¼ ½ ¾. Note that CharMap will tell you the keystroke number if it's available.[/list]La opción Nº 2 será if you are familiar with the Spanish keyboard, it's a lot quicker to type Spanish characters using the Latin American keyboard drivers. (For WinXP) go into Control Panel | Date, Time Language & Regional | Add Other... | Details... and take it from there.

HTH

 

[Hap]

Thanks Andrew. If I need to mix and match I can just add additional labels.