display the "alpha" char in winforms

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Hi
I need to show the "α" sign on a winform.
Tried simply to do "\u0224" but it doesn`t do the trick.
Went over with a loop like this

C#

for (int index = 48; index < 255; index++)
    {
        listBox1.Items.Add(index.ToString() + ": " + (char)index + Environment.NewLine);
    }

But it doesn`t show the "α" sign at all.

Any ideas on how can I do that?

Thanks

Posted 5-Dec-13 5:22am

Shahare

Updated 5-Dec-13 5:24am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-05T05:27:00

Solution 1

Try:

C#

MessageBox.Show("\u03b1");

Posted 5-Dec-13 5:27am

OriginalGriff

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Shahare 5-Dec-13 11:50am

Thanks - any reference on where you found that?

OriginalGriff 5-Dec-13 11:56am

In a text file in my "How to do it" folder called "Accented and special characters.txt"
:laugh:

OriginalGriff 5-Dec-13 12:00pm

There is a note at the bottom which tells me where I got the special characters data: Wiki!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters
But it's a PITA to find the value you want there.