Inserting Greek Symbols Into Display Labels

[madwolf32]

I am working on a resistance calculator for a class, and i need to insert the greek character omega into the final value display, the professor didnt tell us how to and i cant seem to find how to do it anywhere.
thanks for any help

[x-ice]

I am working on a resistance calculator for a class, and i need to insert the greek character omega into the final value display, the professor didnt tell us how to and i cant seem to find how to do it anywhere.
thanks for any help

i dont think you can insert them

[Piller]

Try setting Font to "Symbols" then make a Capital W.

[RhinoBull]

Yes, there are few ways actually:
- use small icon
- use resource file with custom string table for Greek alphabet and label with FontName = "Symbol"
Open attachments to see sample project.

[madwolf32]

Thanks a lot for the help and it works but now ive got another problem, when i want to display the G for giga it is now greek , its the only letter giving me problems

[Piller]

Try using multipul labels for Greek and non-Greek letters.

[madwolf32]

the professor wants us to use the same label for both numbers the letters K (kilo) M(mega) and G(giga) as well as the omega character

[RhinoBull]

VB label control doesn't support multiple alphabets ... so you can tell that to your professor and he doesn't believe you - send him over to us.

[Piller]

Try calling up some of your people that are in your class and ask if they did it and can help you and if the didnt do it then have a talk with your professor about it.

[RhinoBull]

Let's get back to serious for a moment, shall we.
Characters K and M are part of "Symbol" font family so that's not a problem. "Problem" is "G" character which "Symbol" doesn't have. You may try to substitute it with chr(86) but I don't know if that would work:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    With Label1
        .AutoSize = True
        .FontName = "Symbol"
        .FontSize = 16
        'K = chr(75)
        'M = chr(77)
        'looks like G = chr(86)
        'Omega = chr(87)
        .Caption = Chr(75) & ", " & Chr(77) & ", " & Chr(86) & ", " & Chr(87)
    End With
End Sub

[madwolf32]

thanks for the help guys i really appreciate it

[RhinoBull]

So, did it work for you somehow or not ???

[madwolf32]

what about using the hex code for the letter omega , using a standard font like arial, because omega is in the arial it just doent have a keystroke but it has a unicode hex or ascii hex number