Subject Re: alfa omega delta From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Sat, 21 Mar 2020 11:09:25 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 20/03/2020 18:12, Ricardo Fernández wrote: > Hi, > I have to program a text file output of a series of astronomical data, and in that text I must include symbols, letters, as units of measurement. Greek alpha, omega and Delta. > I have NOT been able to find a way to obtain and include these symbols in the program. > I would appreciate if someone knows the solution that would tell me where to start. > Greetings > Ricardo > In a plain text file this is probably not possible.  (CYA statement. I've been caught out far too often saying "can't be done" and then someone does provide a solution. :-) ) You may be able to do something by using OLEAutomation to create a .doc file in Word as you then you would be able to use a Greek font applied to specific characters.  Word will also accept Uni-code characters from the keyboard by holding down the Alt key and inputting the decimal value for the Uni-code character using the numeric keypad but I haven't tried writing them from dBASE. There is an article on accessing Word from dBASE in issue 16 of the dBulletin. https://www.jpmartel.com/bulletin.htm If your user will accept a .pdf file instead of a plain text file then, depending on the contents and layout of your proposed text file, you may be able to create the file as a report using the dBASE report designer. If this is the case adding Uni-code characters is possible. function TEXTNAME1_canRender()     cOmega = space(1)     cOmega.setbyte(1,0x03)     cOmega.setbyte(0,0xa9)     this.text = trim(this.form.fish1.rowset.fields["name"].value)+' '+cOmega     return true You will find a list of Uni-code characters at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters Mervyn.