Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: ASCII not working

  1. #1

    Thread Starter
    Banned Michael_Kamen's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Location
    The Netherlands
    Posts
    1,180

    ASCII not working

    Hi,

    My mother installed Win2k a month ago, on her pc, and it all worked great. But suddenly a lot of ASCII codes don't work anymore. For example, if my mother types ALT + 129, nothing happens, but ALT + 130 does work.

    Is there a way to 're-install' the ASCII's?

  2. #2
    Retired VBF Adm1nistrator plenderj's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2001
    Location
    Dublin, Ireland
    Posts
    10,359
    You don't install ASCII.
    Its just like there.

    Are you sure num lock is turned on when she tries this ?
    Microsoft MVP : Visual Developer - Visual Basic [2004-2005]

  3. #3
    Super Moderator si_the_geek's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    Bristol, UK
    Posts
    41,974
    Just had a look at the Windows ascii chart - 129 is not supported by windows.

    For the best list in MSDN/Vb help, look in the index for "Ascii character set", then select both "character set" options that come up

  4. #4
    Super Moderator si_the_geek's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    Bristol, UK
    Posts
    41,974
    just realised I've copied it to an Excel sheet for nicer printing (1 page, rather than the 4 if you print straight from MSDN)
    Attached Files Attached Files

  5. #5

    Thread Starter
    Banned Michael_Kamen's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Location
    The Netherlands
    Posts
    1,180
    Thankx...

  6. #6

    Thread Starter
    Banned Michael_Kamen's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Location
    The Netherlands
    Posts
    1,180
    Oh guys, one last question: How comes ALT-129 DOES work on Win98 but not Win2k? Why has it been changed?

  7. #7
    Super Moderator si_the_geek's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    Bristol, UK
    Posts
    41,974
    no idea... maybe it's just a different font - some of them use the characters that are normally not used (try wingdings)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  



Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width