Hello
I'm trying to use DBCS values from the Contact record to populate a
dialog box presented to the user. The DBCS characters are displayed
correctly in the Contact form. But when presented in the dialog box,
all I get are "??" displayed where the characters should be. When we
inspect the Outlook objects from VB, we see the same values "??" as in
the dialog box.

Are there special methods we need to use to obtain and present strings
of DBCS?

Thanks

You'd need a control that can handle an array of Bytes and convert your text
into that. VB and VBA don't handle DCBS properly as strings or for the
built-in controls. Interestingly enough VBScript does, a VBS MsgBox function
will take DCBS and display it correctly.

Even with a control that can handle DCBS you'd still need to convert to a
Byte array or you'd have to use a language such as C++ that can handle DCBS
correctly.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Jonn Horn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello
> I'm trying to use DBCS values from the Contact record to populate a dialog
> box presented to the user. The DBCS characters are displayed correctly in
> the Contact form. But when presented in the dialog box, all I get are
> "??" displayed where the characters should be. When we inspect the
> Outlook objects from VB, we see the same values "??" as in the dialog box.
>
> Are there special methods we need to use to obtain and present strings of
> DBCS?
>
> Thanks

Hello
I'm just wondering if this is true for all versions of VB? We are
currently using VB6 for our customization. Would VB .net support DBCS?

Thanks


Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
> You'd need a control that can handle an array of Bytes and convert your
> text into that. VB and VBA don't handle DCBS properly as strings or for
> the built-in controls. Interestingly enough VBScript does, a VBS MsgBox
> function will take DCBS and display it correctly.
>
> Even with a control that can handle DCBS you'd still need to convert to
> a Byte array or you'd have to use a language such as C++ that can handle
> DCBS correctly.
>

I believe VB.NET does support it but I don't use it so I'm not positive.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Jonn Horn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello
> I'm just wondering if this is true for all versions of VB? We are
> currently using VB6 for our customization. Would VB .net support DBCS?
>
> Thanks