Special Characters in Forms and Reports

[robboll]

Access 2003, Report

I have a report that has a status field with three options: Complete
(Green Checkmark), In Progress (Yellow Triangle), or Not on Track (Red
X)

The Red X is no problem, but I am looking for a solution for the arrow
and the triangle.

Looking at ascii characters, 1 through 255 there isn't a triangle. It
would need to be color filled anyway. Any suggestions on how to
accomplish this? I tried creating my own using bmp files but they
don't display correctly in the report.

Thanks for any suggestions.

RBollinger

 

[Al Campagna]

robboll,
Try the symbol fonts like Dixieland, WebDings, or WingDings.
Or even some of those "weirdo" fonts like "Cyrillic-Bantu-Chinese-Greek" (Western) too.
(just kidding on that... but do check the odd fonts before giving up)
--
hth
Al Campagna . Candia Computer Consulting . Candia, NH USA
Microsoft Access MVP
http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions

"Find a job that you love, and you'll never work a day in your life."

 

[Guest]

Robboll,

I used them once, worked for me. One disadvantage is that you have to
increase th fontsize quit a bit to get a good visual result. But he it works
right. So go ahead and find a nice one.