12-10-2014 05:57 AM
hello,
I try to add an up/down arrow (these symbols: ↑↓) to a boolean text (the text on a boolean input button).
However, LV only adds ?? to the text.
I assume that the current font cannot display the symbol. It is the application font, which I further assume is some default font.
But even if I select the ?? and change the font to Arial, it remains ??.
Creating a new button, selecting it, changing the font to Arial and pasting the two characters also results in ??.
How do I add those characters?
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12-10-2014 06:01 AM
It worked for me. Attached is a Boolean with the arrow symbols added to its text.
Thanks,
Priyadarsini S
12-10-2014 06:06 AM
Hello Max,
Instead of putting this symbols ↑↓ as a Boolean button text, simply customize the button with this symbol image.
Find this ↑↓ kind of transparent image from Internet and simply put it on button with help of "Customise" option and make that image as decal for better GUI performance.
No need to do such kind of things which your looking for.
12-10-2014 06:09 AM
hello Priyardarsini,
thank you for your effort of providing an example.
If I open your file in Labview (2013) the text on the button looks like this:
OK‘!“!
There's definetly something wrong here.
I'm not an expert when it comes to character encoding, so I'm not sure what additional information is required to solve the problem.
12-10-2014 06:17 AM
Ok, you can either import an image or choose 'Wingdings 3' font and type 'E' (Capital E). That should give you the arrow symbols.
Thanks,
Priyadarsini S
12-10-2014 06:27 AM
thank you both for the suggestion of using an image, but this seems to be a rather cumbersome solution.
I have to admit that I didn't explain my goal clearly.
I want to append either of the two arrow symbols to an already existing text.
When I change the font to Wingdings 3, all the text changes, even if I only select part of the text.
In the end there should be 4 buttons, 2 with ↑ and 2 with ↓ at the end.
12-10-2014 06:36 AM - edited 12-10-2014 06:38 AM
12-10-2014 06:38 AM
Images are a strong way of communication & once you get the knack of it you really will love creating intuitive images for your GUIs.
But if you insist on having text only, you can move down the Boolean Caption & arrange it inline with Boolean text. Now your Caption will have whatever text you want & your Boolean text can have the Wingdings arrow mark, but together they will appear as a single Boolean text.
Thanks,
Priyadarsini S
12-10-2014 06:49 AM
I do like how images communicate things, that's why I want to use an arrow.
But if I use an image file, it's hard to modify and I need to use multiple images etc.
(ab-)Using the caption is the way to go for me. I came to the same conclusion.
Thank you very much.