Insert special character in a field with the press of a button

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Einy

Good day,

Is there a way to create a button on a form that can paste a predefined
character in a field where the cursor is?

In other words... I need the user to be able to place the cursor in a field
on the form and then press a button to insert a specific character in that
field... Is this possible?

Thank you.

Einy.
 
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BruceM

It may depend on the character. If the character is in the character map and
has an assigned keyboard shortcut (for instance, Alt + 0169 produces ©) you
could have the Click event for the command button be Me.MyField = "©". You
could probably create a shortcut for a character that does not already have
one, or copy a character from the character map to the code window. I
haven't checked all of the options. However, it makes no sense to say that
you want to click a button to place a character in a field where the cursor
is, since the act of clicking the button will move the cursor.
 
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Einy

Thanks Bruce... you gave me an idea... The charachter is actually a check
mark from the Wingdings font... My users are not very bright and I need to
make data input as easy as possible.... the reason i need this character is
for merge with Publisher catalogue for print out... a long story... but
thanks anyway...

Einy.
 
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BruceM

Just pointing out something you may already know: that only one font can be
used in a control. You can't combine wingdings with another font.
 
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Einy

I don't need to... I only need the character (the ansi code, or any other
code)... the font will be used in publisher to display the correct character!

Thanks.
 
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