How to enter special character for a label of a textbox control ?

[HDN]

How to enter special character for a label of a textbox control ?

Ex: Special characters=  √ , µ,Σ  etc..

[Ben M]

Hello HDN,

In order to use special characters you hold <alt> and type in their ASCII decimal represenation.  For example, to get μ you would type the following:  <alt>230

Click here to go to an ASCII table with the decimal represenations. 

Unfortunately, not all symbols are supported by the CVI labels (ie, ∑, √ are not supported).

[HDN]

Thank for your response, It's too bad because the character that I want to use in my project is √
Just wonder why CVI didn't support all special characters ?

Message Edited by HDN on 07-16-2007 07:19 AM

[ElectroLund]

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@Ben M wrote:

Hello HDN,

In order to use special characters you hold <alt> and type in their ASCII decimal represenation.  For example, to get μ you would type the following:  <alt>230

Click here to go to an ASCII table with the decimal represenations. 

Unfortunately, not all symbols are supported by the CVI labels (ie, ∑, √ are not supported).

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This thread is old, and perhaps CVI 2013 has changed its extended ASCII compatibility.  Regardless, the ASCII chart linked above is just plain incorrect in the extended portion (128-255).  A better chart I've found is here.  This chart I can corroborate how CVI 2013 handles the extended characters with this bit of code:

char stemp[10];
unsigned int glyph;

for (glyph=0; glyph<255; glyph++)
{
	sprintf(stemp,"%i: %c\n",glyph,glyph);
	DebugPrintf(stemp);
}