Displaying special characters

[mattski]

so im using the following code (snippet):

Dim Retext As String
If num >= 39 And num <= 51 Then
Retext = System.Convert.ToChar(&H2660)
End If

Return Retext

to display the suits of cards for a poker simulation. This works just fine in Windows XP. When i run the executable, i can see the heart, spade, diamond, and clubs characters just fine.
However, when i run the same executable in Windows 2000, all i get is a bold pipe character.

Any reason why different versions of Windows would convert hex characters differently?

thanks

[BuggyProgrammer]

That is .NET code, but doesn't really matter of this question (or maybe it DOES).

have you tried checking Charmap (run-> charmap) and seeing if the character exists for it? Maybe the font is different.q

[mattski]

ran the charmap, and it shows up. the charmap shows:

U + 2660 : Black Spade Suit

so it looks like it should be able to be displayed, but for some reason it is not. I'm completely lost.

[mattski]

nevermind. i must be an idiot.

apparently, the default fone for lstBoxes is different between the 2 versions of windows, and the default font (SansSerif) in Windows2000 does not support those characters.

changin the text to TimesNewRoman did the trick. now i just have to force my code to always display the text in that format, and im golden.