Problems concerning languages and letters

I have a database with different languages and different kind sof letters. When I load the program with the polish letters they doesn't appear like they do in the database. The font I'm using is Microsoft Sans Serif. What is going on?

There is a part of the locale setting which is called the code set. This tells the keyboard and the screen how to map ASCII characters to what individual character the language uses.

If you have multiple languages read up on locale settings and keyboard code sets by doing a search for 'locale' on Randy Birch's site:

www.mvps.org/vbnet

There are dozens of different code examples

Thanks for your reply, do you think there is a way to avoid the problems that I have at the moment?