Formatting Characters

[bld21]

I am using crystal reports 2008. I have created a letter with a data source for the name and address. Some of our accounts are in Canada.

What I would like to know is there a way to print the hash mark above a certain letter. For example: Siege, I would like to place the small character above the letter e.

Also, is there a way to convert english characters to french words?

Thanks,
Bruce

 

[Madawc]

If you're asking about accents, I don't think Crystal will let you enter them directly, but if you use Insert > Special Character to insert them in MS Word, you can then paste the text into a crysal text box.

You can also overlap two formula fields or text boxes to get special effects.

Does that help?

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 11.5 with SQL and Windows XP

 

[chelseatech]

Crystal supports unicode, so those special accented characters all have an ascii value. use the KeyCaps desktop utility to find the Char value of those characters.

If the value is in your database, then it should just print out. If it is character on the page as a text object or in a formula, type the string in Word and cut and paste across to crystal.

Editor and Publisher of Crystal Clear

http://www.chelseatech.co.nz/pubs.htm

 

[Madawc]

You can find ASCII values at this site. Enter then as Char(132), say. But I think pasting might be less work.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 11.5 with SQL and Windows XP