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Where can I find a list of allowed characters that can be displayed in the checkbox.text area. For instance, when the user enters "&" as part of the text for a checkbox, the "&" does not get displayed. So I want to filter these non-printing characters out of the string entered. Is there a list? Or, am I taking the wrong approach?
Are you talking about a textbox? As you do not enter text into a checkbox.
As for the sponge question, it would be shallower, because they would not be there to displace water.
No, it is actually a checkbox. My program allows users to add new catagories which items can belong to. When a new catagory is added, I prompt the user in another form for the description of the new catagory. I then add a new checkbox control to the form and set its .text property to the string value entered by the user. The problem I am having is when a character is entered such as "&", it is displayed in the textbox where it is type, however, when I place that same text in the checkbox.text propery the "&" is replaced with "_". For instance, if the user enters "Bob & Dave" the checkbox label shows up as something like "Bob _Dave".
Any help?
Set the checkbox control UseMnemonic Property to False.Quote:
Originally Posted by DFarris
It is a little weird, but if you double the character, it removed the special functions, EG && litterally puts a ampersand in the text
There is Edges idea if you don't want to use Mnemonic at all
As Edgemeal's answer suggests it's not that the character is disallowed, it's that it's understood to be a HotKey (Alt + ) indicator as in all controls.
Awsome! Setting the UseMnemonic Property to False did the trick! Thanks!!!