Special Characters in Item Description

Oct 30, 2007 3 Replies

Specifically, I am interested in condensed fraction characters. For example ½ instead of 1/2. We use these characters because space is limited for many of our various pipe fittings with various sizes etc.



Now, the problem is that some fraction characters display in RMS just fine (¼, ½, ¾) while others for some reason do not (?, ?, ?, ?). These characters are readily available in the windows character map, and they display correctly in every other program I've tried, but when I try to paste them into an item description in RMS, it displays as a question mark (?). I would really like to be able to use these characters so if anyone has any ideas as to why this is happening and how to fix it, your help is appreciated.


Remember that RMS is sitting ontop of MS SQL. Most SQL systems require that the fields in question except extended ASCII Characters. What version are you on of RMS ?.....

Once we know that we can suggest an answer. Also what fields are you trying to place these extended characters?

Try to place them in the Description line, not in the size maybe....

=?Utf-8?B?SmVzc2U=?= wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@microsoft.com:

â??, â??,

=?Utf-8?B?SmVzc2U=?= wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@microsoft.com:

¼ works for me in 2.X version ...wish I could help on 1.3 can anyone help on this. One other issue could be happening. Which Font are you selecting when using Character Map? Make sure your using Arial or MS Sans Serif... ¼ ....These are the defaults within the backend ASCII data types.

WINGDIGS or others will cause and issue.

Hope this helps!

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