String control not displaying special characters

[drewgb]

In Microsoft Word, I can display special ASCII characters such as ASCII 29 'GS' by using the keypad and holding the alt key while typing the ASCII numerical equivalent alt+029. I want to enter these characters into a string from a string control but I can't figure out if that is possible or if so, what settings to use.

[Shawn_S.]

Hello,

CVI only uses certain character sets and fonts because at the time that CVI was created, unicode did not exist.  You will have to choose the correct font and character set for the string control that will provide access to the character you are searching for.  For example, if you wanted the character produced from holding ALT + 29 (↔), you could set the string control's character set and font to "symbol".  Pressing ALT + 174 in CVI will then display the ↔ character.