IIRC, you can get a box if the font doesn't have that character in it.
On 8/15/16, 11:09 AM, "Matthew Weir" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Monday, August 15, 2016 2:05 PM, Matthew Weir
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> Thanks Clint!
>Yes, String.fromCharCode('8598'); is working great.
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> On Monday, August 15, 2016 2:02 PM, Clint M <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Does String.fromCharCode work?
>http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/String.
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>On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Matthew Weir <
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>> Hi,
>> I'm just wondering if any of you have some insight into how the mx:Label
>> interprets ASCII. Any thoughts on how to change the text of the ASCII
>> post-creation?
>> This works just:
>> <mx:Label id="TotalLbl" text="↖"/>
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>> However, if I do any of these, it doesn't
>> var charctr:String = '↖'TotalLbl.text = charctr;
>> [Bindable] private var charctr:String = '↖'
>> <mx:Label id="TotalLbl" text="{charctr}"/>
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>> same if I have:
>> charctr:String = '&#8598;'charctr:String = "↖"
>> charctr:String = "&#8598;"
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>> Thanks,
>> Matthew
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