Figured it out - to get a blank space to display in your .properties file you have to type ALT+0160
--- In [email protected], "flexcoder2008" <djohnso...@...> wrote: > > Thanks! Saving the .properties file with UTF-8 encoding fixed the problem > with the pound symbol. > > I still am unable to get an empty space character to display though. > How do I specify a blank space for the thousands seperator? > > I tried putting in the .properties file but that doesn't work either. > > > > --- In [email protected], Paul Hastings <paul.hastings@> wrote: > > > > flexcoder2008 wrote: > > > # locale/en_GB/FormattingValues.properties THEMECOLOR=0x0000FF > > > DATE_FORMAT=DD/MM/YY TIME_FORMAT=L:NN A CURRENCY_PRECISION=0 > > > CURRENCY_SYMBOL=� THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR=, DECIMAL_SEPARATOR=. > > > > > > As you can see, I have the pound symbol for the CURRENCY_SYMBOL. I typed > > > this with ALT-156 > > > > no i can't see, its garbaged. is that properties file utf-8 encoded? and in > > unicode the codepoint for the pound sign is 163 (0x00A3). > > > > > When I load this resource module and try to display currency values that > > > have > > > been formatted with the british locale, the pound symbol will not display. > > > Instead I get a square box symbol. It's like the Flash player doesn't > > > > a box means the whatever can't render that symbol using the given font > > (except > > in buzzword which wandered off the reservation all by it's lonesome). > > either a > > minor encoding issue or wrong font. a major encoding issue results in > > questions > > marks being displayed. > > >
