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Created Date: October 13,2015
Created By: Dean
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I'm trying to insert a symbol into a string with a mix of literals and a real number. The symbol I'm trying to get in is the "micro " symbol, (Hex B5). The STRPRINT instruction status in the Do-More shows the symbol properly, but the C-More dynamic text object just shows a blank space where the symbol should be. I have unchecked the default font option in the dynamic text object. Is this a limitation of the C-More, or am I doing something wrong? /EDIT Just playing around I inserted a micro symbol into a Word document, and pasted into a static text object in a C-More project. The micro symbol shows up fine in the simulator. So I created a static text object in a project in a live panel with the same, it it worked too. /EDIT /EDIT2 Played around a bit more, and tried a couple of different hex values for symbols that will work in a Do-More String, and sent them to a dynamic text object in the C-More. No joy. /EDIT2
Created Date: October 14,2015
Created by: Dean
Just to put a pin in this subject. I have attached a couple images. The first is screenshot of a C-More screen with 2 text objects, static and dynamic. The static text shows the insertion of the degree symbol. The dynamic object uses a string (SS33). The second image is from Do-More Designer showing the STRPRINT instruction that creates SS33. As you can see, the instruction data does not show the degree symbol, but the script does. Loading a data view for the string and setting it to quoted, you get this, "Temp Sensor 1 20 $B0C " showing the escaped character. B0 is the hex value for the degree symbol.
Created Date: December 21,2019
Created by: belias
Just wondering if there's been any progress on this?
How are people putting symbols on a dynamic text field in the C-More?
I realize I can try and position a dynamic field next to a static symbol, but this creates a formatting nightmare (alignment issues when the number of digits change, etc.).
I 've tried the same things suggested by the OP, but no luck.
Created Date: October 13,2015
Created by: Dean
I'm trying to insert a symbol into a string with a mix of literals and a real number. The symbol I'm trying to get in is the "micro " symbol, (Hex B5). The STRPRINT instruction status in the Do-More shows the symbol properly, but the C-More dynamic text object just shows a blank space where the symbol should be. I have unchecked the default font option in the dynamic text object. Is this a limitation of the C-More, or am I doing something wrong?
/EDIT
Just playing around I inserted a micro symbol into a Word document, and pasted into a static text object in a C-More project. The micro symbol shows up fine in the simulator. So I created a static text object in a project in a live panel with the same, it it worked too.
/EDIT
/EDIT2
Played around a bit more, and tried a couple of different hex values for symbols that will work in a Do-More String, and sent them to a dynamic text object in the C-More. No joy.
/EDIT2