On Aug 29, 2018, at 6:17 PM, Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > sounds like your compatibility settings does not allow methods to be stored > in unicode. > > emoticons are internally 2 or 4 combining characters which explains the > number of question marks
That fixed it, turning on unicode methods allows an emoji to just be pasted into a string literal. The listbox displays it nicely too. Thanks! Jim ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************