ALT characters

[CodyBarrett 3]

hi

i would like to make a CheckMark in a Gui Ctrl... problem is to get the checkmark the ALT code would be ALT251 but Chr(251) returns the ALT character ALT0251

how would i get the checkmark instead?

is there a Chr () for that ALT character?

[KaFu 169]

MsgBox(0,"",AscW("√"))
MsgBox(0,"",ChrW("8730"))
; some useful infos here:
; http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/unicodes-vista-help-161153371.html

[CodyBarrett 3]

huh.. ima have to do some research on unicode... it worked and id like to know why thanks!!