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Subject Author Date Special Characters in Item Description Jesse 10-30-2007  Re: Special Characters in Item Description STEP2000 11-02-2007  Re: Special Characters in Item Description Jesse 11-02-2007  Re: Special Characters in Item Description STEP2000 11-03-2007
Posted by Jesse on October 30, 2007, 11:22 am Please log in for more thread options Specifically, I am interested in condensed fraction characters. For example ½ instead of 1/2. We use these characters because space is limited for many of our various pipe fittings with various sizes etc. Now, the problem is that some fraction characters display in RMS just fine (¼, ½, ¾) while others for some reason do not (â…›, â…œ, â…“, â…ž). These characters are readily available in the windows character map, and they display correctly in every other program I've tried, but when I try to paste them into an item description in RMS, it displays as a question mark (?). I would really like to be able to use these characters so if anyone has any ideas as to why this is happening and how to fix it, your help is appreciated. Posted by STEP2000 on November 2, 2007, 1:20 pm Please log in for more thread options Remember that RMS is sitting ontop of MS SQL. Most SQL systems require that the fields in question except extended ASCII Characters. What version are you on of RMS ?..... Once we know that we can suggest an answer. Also what fields are you trying to place these extended characters? Try to place them in the Description line, not in the size maybe.... > Specifically, I am interested in condensed fraction characters. For > example ½ instead of 1/2. We use these characters because space is > limited for many of our various pipe fittings with various sizes etc. > > Now, the problem is that some fraction characters display in RMS just > fine (¼, ½, ¾) while others for some reason do not (â…›, â…œ, â…“, > â…ž). These characters are readily available in the windows character > map, and they display correctly in every other program I've tried, but > when I try to paste them into an item description in RMS, it displays > as a question mark (?). I would really like to be able to use these > characters so if anyone has any ideas as to why this is happening and > how to fix it, your help is appreciated. > Posted by Jesse on November 2, 2007, 3:06 pm Please log in for more thread options I am currently running V1.2 but will be rolling out 2.0 soon, and I have been trying to paste the characters into the description line. "STEP2000" wrote: > Remember that RMS is sitting ontop of MS SQL. Most SQL systems require > that the fields in question except extended ASCII Characters. What > version are you on of RMS ?..... > > Once we know that we can suggest an answer. Also what fields are you > trying to place these extended characters? > > Try to place them in the Description line, not in the size maybe.... > > > > > > > Specifically, I am interested in condensed fraction characters. For > > example ½ instead of 1/2. We use these characters because space is > > limited for many of our various pipe fittings with various sizes etc. > > > > Now, the problem is that some fraction characters display in RMS just > > fine (¼, ½, ¾) while others for some reason do not (â…›, â…œ, â…“, > > â…ž). These characters are readily available in the windows character > > map, and they display correctly in every other program I've tried, but > > when I try to paste them into an item description in RMS, it displays > > as a question mark (?). I would really like to be able to use these > > characters so if anyone has any ideas as to why this is happening and > > how to fix it, your help is appreciated. > > > > Posted by STEP2000 on November 3, 2007, 10:27 am Please log in for more thread options > I am currently running V1.2 but will be rolling out 2.0 soon, and I > have been trying to paste the characters into the description line. > > "STEP2000" wrote: > >> Remember that RMS is sitting ontop of MS SQL. Most SQL systems >> require that the fields in question except extended ASCII Characters. >> What version are you on of RMS ?..... >> >> Once we know that we can suggest an answer. Also what fields are you >> trying to place these extended characters? >> >> Try to place them in the Description line, not in the size maybe.... >> ¼ works for me in 2.X version ...wish I could help on 1.3 can anyone help on this. One other issue could be happening. Which Font are you selecting when using Character Map? Make sure your using Arial or MS Sans Serif... ¼ ....These are the defaults within the backend ASCII data types. WINGDIGS or others will cause and issue. Hope this helps! >> >> >> >> >> > Specifically, I am interested in condensed fraction characters. For >> > example ½ instead of 1/2. We use these characters because space >> > is limited for many of our various pipe fittings with various sizes >> > etc. >> > >> > Now, the problem is that some fraction characters display in RMS >> > just fine (¼, ½, ¾) while others for some reason do not >> > (â…›, â…œ, â…“, â…ž). These characters are >> > readily available in the windows character map, and they display >> > correctly in every other program I've tried, but when I try to >> > paste them into an item description in RMS, it displays as a >> > question mark (?). I would really like to be able to use these >> > characters so if anyone has any ideas as to why this is happening >> > and how to fix it, your help is appreciated. >> > >> >> > Similar Threads Posted Item Description ( 30 Characters) June 14, 2005, 3:59 am How to handle special "sentinal" characters encoded on magstripes October 23, 2006, 6:01 pm Item Descript more than 30 Characters June 15, 2005, 11:03 pm Add-on Request for special Item Type August 24, 2009, 6:09 am Item description March 31, 2007, 8:14 pm Item Description on Receipt November 8, 2005, 9:48 am Item Description Field December 4, 2006, 11:23 am Item Description in POS should not be uniique. April 5, 2007, 7:52 pm Item description size May 1, 2007, 7:21 pm Best Practice - Item numbers vs. description February 22, 2006, 9:40 am