Special Characters

[Edgar Thoemmes]

Hi

I would like to be able to use specific special characters from the
character map in my database. As there is no option on the insert menu I
would like to either add an option to jump straight to the character map or
idealy code a button for each character i want to use so that the user can
click the button and it would copy the character either to the current text
box or to the clipboard.

Has anyone ever done anything like this?

TIA

 

[Marina Corrêa]

Hi

I would like to be able to use specific special characters from the
character map in my database. As there is no option on the insert menu I
would like to either add an option to jump straight to the character map or
idealy code a button for each character i want to use so that the user can
click the button and it would copy the character either to the current text
box or to the clipboard.

Has anyone ever done anything like this?

TIA

 

[fredg]

Hi

I would like to be able to use specific special characters from the
character map in my database. As there is no option on the insert menu I
would like to either add an option to jump straight to the character map or
idealy code a button for each character i want to use so that the user can
click the button and it would copy the character either to the current text
box or to the clipboard.

Has anyone ever done anything like this?

TIA

) One way is to code a command button click event to open the
Character Map.

Dim X As Variant
X = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\system32\charmap.exe", vbNormalFocus)
The user selects the character wanted.

2) If there are just a few special characters, you can manually copy
the few you need once and, using AutoCorrect, insert them where
needed.

3) Create a table of special characters once, then use a DLookUp to
insert the character where needed.
Also, the character inserted must be within the Font style used. You
cannot insert a Wingding character within an Arial font style.