Why Some Extended ASCIIs Can't Be Typed

[Robert Meng]

Can someone tell me why some extended ascii characters can not be
typed using Alt + {num} method in VB or VC++ code editor. For exmaple,
Alt+225 shows 'ß' but Alt+224 shows 'a' instead of (alpha character)
in both VB6 and VC++ 6.0.

I'm very puzzled by this and would appreciate any help.

Thanks
Robert

[Howard]

Re: Why Some Extended ASCIIs Can't Be Typed


"Robert Meng" <robmeng@afreei nternet.com> wrote in message
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> Can someone tell me why some extended ascii characters can not be
> typed using Alt + {num} method in VB or VC++ code editor. For exmaple,
> Alt+225 shows 'ß' but Alt+224 shows 'a' instead of (alpha character)
> in both VB6 and VC++ 6.0.
>
> I'm very puzzled by this and would appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks
> Robert[/color]

I think someone in a newsgroup devoted to the Visual Studio software, and/or
to Windows, might answer that question better than a C++ language newsgroup.

-Howard

[Gernot]

Re: Why Some Extended ASCIIs Can't Be Typed

It depends on the font you're using,I think? Use the char-table tool from
windows and select the same font as in your IDE/APP.
Greek symbols are not in 256bit ascii.

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"Robert Meng" <robmeng@afreei nternet.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:e0d6cef7.0 404010742.cb529 d0@posting.goog le.com...[color=blue]
> Can someone tell me why some extended ascii characters can not be
> typed using Alt + {num} method in VB or VC++ code editor. For exmaple,
> Alt+225 shows 'ß' but Alt+224 shows 'a' instead of (alpha character)
> in both VB6 and VC++ 6.0.
>
> I'm very puzzled by this and would appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks
> Robert[/color]

[osmium]

Re: Why Some Extended ASCIIs Can't Be Typed

Gernot writes:
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> It depends on the font you're using,I think? Use the char-table tool from
> windows and select the same font as in your IDE/APP.
> Greek symbols are not in 256bit ascii.[/color]

I think it is more likely that what he showed is a German eszett than a
Greek beta :-)

[Gernot]

Re: Why Some Extended ASCIIs Can't Be Typed

> I think it is more likely that what he showed is a German eszett than a[color=blue]
> Greek beta :-)[/color]

ß ?
It's 'sz' od 'ss' with new German writing.

But no alpha, gamma and so on in ASCII.

-Gernot

[Thomas Matthews]

Re: Why Some Extended ASCIIs Can't Be Typed

Robert Meng wrote:
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> Can someone tell me why some extended ascii characters can not be
> typed using Alt + {num} method in VB or VC++ code editor. For exmaple,
> Alt+225 shows 'ß' but Alt+224 shows 'a' instead of (alpha character)
> in both VB6 and VC++ 6.0.
>
> I'm very puzzled by this and would appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks
> Robert[/color]

Because last time I checked, ANSI only defined 128 characters
in its set (0 ... 127). Anything beyond that is not ASCII.


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