Re: Why Some Extended ASCIIs Can't Be Typed

From: Gernot (Me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 04/01/04 

Date: 1 Apr 2004 16:05:37 GMT

It depends on the font you're using,I think? Use the char-table tool from
windows and select the same font as in your IDE/APP.
Greek symbols are not in 256bit ascii. 

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"Robert Meng" <robmeng@afreeinternet.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Can someone tell me why some extended ascii characters can not be
> typed using Alt + {num} method in VB or VC++ code editor. For exmaple,
> Alt+225 shows 'ß' but Alt+224 shows 'a' instead of (alpha character)
> in both VB6 and VC++ 6.0.
>
> I'm very puzzled by this and would appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks
> Robert

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