Question How do I view charachters ina font

[osullivj35]

Hi,

Is there any way to display characters in a font in my win forms application. I'm looking for character map style functionality

Thanks,
Jerry

 

[jmcilhinney]

Assuming that you have the requisite Labels on your form:

Private labels As Label() = {Me.label0, ... , Me.label255}

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, _
                       ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    For index As Integer = 0 To 255
        Me.labels(index).Text = Convert.ToChar(index)
    Next
End Sub

That will display the characters with Unicode values 0 to 255 in your Labels. You can then simply set the Font property of each label to whatever Font you want to display.

 

[osullivj35]

Perfect thanks..


I now need to exclude all the square characters that may be in a font..Any ideas I tried to do a string compare but no luck

Thanks,
Jerry

 

[jmcilhinney]

There are no "square characters" per se. That's just how Windows represents characters that have no visual representation, like carriage return and line feed.

 

[osullivj35]

Hi

Thanks for that.

Is there any way of identifying these characters that 'that have no visual representation'

Thanks,
J

 

[jmcilhinney]

They will be the ones that are displayed as a box in the UI. It will vary from font to font, depending on its specific purpose, but some will always be unable to be displayed. Try a bit of testing.