Just to clarify, My code states...
Label1.Caption := 'symbol (?)';
Memo1.lines.add('symbol (?)');
but in each case the question mark '?' is displayed instead fo the baht symbol.
I will, no doubt, have the same issue with Pound and others.
Steve
On 03/08/07, Steve Peacocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can also paste "symbol (?)" into the source code and using a font
> that supposed to render correctly, either Mocrosoft Sans Sarif or
> Tahoma, all that will display is 'symbol (?)'.
>
> Talk about frustrating.
>
> Any help here by anyone would be really, really helpful.
>
> Steve
>
> On 03/08/07, Steve Peacocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Except that I can see it rendered on a web page, I can copy that
> > character into MS Word and it shows as a character. I can also copy
> > that character into this email (?) and it shows correctly (Gmail, on
> > the internet).
> >
> > Therefore, there should be a way that I can display that character in
> > a Label on a form.
> >
> > Code Pages? A search of both D2007 and D7 help files produce a zero
> > result on this. Can you elaborate?
> >
> > Thanks Rohit,
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On 02/08/07, Rohit Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Just Guessing Here
> > >
> > > 1. If you use the currency format etc, then windows should do the right
> > > thing for a pc with thai on
> > > 2. Else I suspect code pages (are they still around) plus a font that
> > > has the character in it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve Peacocke wrote:
> > > > Good afternoon all.
> > > >
> > > > I'm having problems displaying the Thai Baht symbol (?) any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > This page...
> > > > http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/0e3f/index.htm
> > > >
> > > > Suggests that the sysmbol can be reproduced with the following...
> > > >
> > > > HTML Entity (decimal) ฿
> > > > HTML Entity (hex) ฿
> > > > How to type in Microsoft Windows Alt +0E3F
> > > > UTF-8 (hex) 0xE0 0xB8 0xBF (e0b8bf)
> > > > UTF-8 (binary) 11100000:10111000:10111111
> > > > UTF-16 (hex) 0x0E3F (0e3f)
> > > > UTF-16 (decimal) 3,647
> > > > UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000E3F (0e3f)
> > > > UTF-32 (decimal) 3,647
> > > > C/C++/Java source code "\u0E3F"
> > > > Python source code u"\u0E3F"
> > > >
> > > > So, converting that to Delphi, how's that done. I want a label to
> > > > display the equivilent of..
> > > >
> > > > Dollar = $12,345
> > > > Baht = ?12,345
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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