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How did you do that?
In Sample Applications : ToDo
– CompleteButton : Action
The code reads :
If TaskList.ListIndex >= 0 Then
TaskList.Cell(TaskList.ListIndex, 0) = “?”
End If

     How did you select or create  the "?" (check mark)?

     In the old days (DOS) you could use the keyboard and code special characters using the ALT + ASCII numpad key combination for example   ALT+251   would = ?

Thanks

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I’m on Windows, so I opened code in Xojo and did just what you said. I held down the ALT key and hit 251 and there the check mark was. Const CheckMark = "?". You could also probably find it in the character map. It’s in Windows for sure and Mac, I think.

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If you notice the one in the code is a little different. I wanted to know where they got theirs from? Alway looking for new stuff. Thought that maybe there was a table to look at with other icons or character sets. I’m on a mac currently but spent too many years on Windows.

On the mac the alt / option key + the v character produces the check mark ? but is isn’t the same as their checkmark.

I will spend some time looking around just thought that someone might know. Thanks

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You can specify Unicode code points in code by using the &u literal and the hexadecimal Unicode code point. e.g.:

TaskList.Cell(TaskList.ListIndex, 0) = &u2713

Unicode character 0x2713 = ?

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Probably typed it in on a Mac :stuck_out_tongue:
option-V gives ?

But you CAN use &U to get pretty much any character you want
The trick will be whether or not the font you’re using has a glyph for it.

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I would expect the Unicode method to be the safest cross platform. Personally I used an image of a tick mark in our apps.

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or if you are on a MAC, open the SPECIAL CHARACTERS menu and drag what you want

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FYI… this forum hates when you drag some special characters into messages :slight_smile:

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I keep a little text file containing a selection of special characters that I use, and copy and paste them when I need them. For example:

???½??¼¾²³???°Ø?ç°???©?

Saves having to search for them each time. Most of these do not have keyboard shortcuts on Mac.

I also have a useful little utility called Key Codes that gives the ASCII and Unicode codes for any key that you press.

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On windows just search for “character map” and you can paste any character based on the font used:

??? ???†‰?