Re: # symbols on reports

>From: simonb@misslink.demon.co.uk (Simon Bunce) >Date: Mon, 13 Mar 1995 18:21:09 +0000 >X-Informix-List-Id: <news.12169> > >I'd like to print #s on my reports... well, not #s actually, but pound >signs, the UK currency symbol. > >I can't see anything about this in the FAQ, but I guess people have done it >- what's the best way? Am I going to have to embed printer specific control >codes in the report? I would strongly counsel against embedding printer-specific codes in your reports. What you should do is define a table in your database which will contain the correct information, and you select the the information from that table. You would key the information by printer type. For HP Laserjets, I think that the value for the pound symbol (meaning the squiggly L which is used for Pounds Sterling and not the hash or octothorpe or whatever you want to call the # which the Americans think is a pound sign) is ASCII(163), but I don't have a manual at hand to confirm that. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h>