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  1. Nov 6th, 2000, 01:07 PM #1
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    Hi,
    When you use an ampersand (&) symbol in a string, VB converts it to an underscore (_). How can I prevent it. I need to display an ampersand in a lable control.

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  2. Nov 6th, 2000, 01:14 PM #2
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    Code:
    MsgBox "this does look like an ampersand huh?  " & Chr(38) & "   yep, it is! :)"
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    Jop your code doesn't show tha ampresand in a Label
    Use This
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    Label1.Caption = "this does look like an ampersand huh?  &&   yep, it is! "
    Two ampresands will show one
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    && will put an ampresand
    label1.caption = "hello&&bye"
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  6. Nov 6th, 2000, 01:25 PM #5
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    Hey you're right guys hehe dumb to only test it with a msgbox
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  7. Nov 6th, 2000, 03:46 PM #6
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    Just set the label's UseMnemonic property to False.
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  8. Jan 20th, 2010, 05:20 PM #7
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    Re: Displaying '&' character instead of an underscore

    Label1.CAption = "This is a right answer &&"
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  9. Jan 20th, 2010, 05:32 PM #8
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    Re: Displaying '&' character instead of an underscore

    Label1.Caption = "This is a 10 year old thread"
    Well, everyone else has been doing it :-)
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    Re: Displaying '&' character instead of an underscore

    Quote Originally Posted by smUX View Post
    Label1.Caption = "This is a 10 year old thread"
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    Re: Displaying '&' character instead of an underscore

    Really? The asker is still alive?
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    Re: Displaying '&' character instead of an underscore

    Quote Originally Posted by smUX View Post
    Label1.Caption = "This is a 10 year old thread"
    Perhaps you could at least punctuate the caption correctly.
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    Re: Displaying '&' character instead of an underscore

    I'm alive && well, thank you very much
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    Re: Displaying '&' character instead of an underscore

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    I'm alive && well, thank you very much
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    Re: Displaying '&' character instead of an underscore

    Quote Originally Posted by LaVolpe View Post
    Well, this thread just made my day !!
    This post actually helped me realize when using DrawText API I need to include DT_NOPREFIX flag or "&" are shown as "_" too.

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