sqrt command button

[EliranMar3005]

Hi,

I'd like to creat a Command Button that the lable on it will be sqrt (square root) symbol.

I'll very appriciate your help with any direction if it's possible.

Thank you!

Eliran

[Wolfgang]

Until the day when CVI will support Unicode I would use a picture button

[RobertoBozzolo · Accepted solution]

Or do the following:

• Open Charmap application, select Symbol font, locate the sqrt character, press Select and Copy
  
• Create and edit a button on your panel, paste the text into Label field, then edit label attributes and select Symbol both as Character set and Font (in this order)
  
• Enjoy the result

[EliranMar3005]

Hi Roberto,

From some reason i'm getting (on the CVI) the "?" symbol instead of the sqrt symbol..

Do you know why? 

[Wolfgang]

for some reason I would NOT consider this a square root symbol... it is the first part of a square root...

my idea of a square root is

[RobertoBozzolo]

@Eliran

I don't know why you are getting the wrong symbol, maybe OS settings can influence the rendering of symbols. Which OS and language are you running on? Can you post a small UIR that shows the result you have gotten? I mean the actual .UIR file, not a screenshot.

@Wolfgang

While you are right in that that one is not the exact sqrt symbol, nevertheless it is a good approximation to that. I seems the user wants to create a small calculator inside its app: using the same font for all keys (including the sqrt) will give a good and uniform aspect to all of them: I suppose this is why that symbol is used in Windows calculator utility.

[EliranMar3005]

Hi Roberto,

I'm using Windows 7 (Hebrew language).

UIR file attached

[RobertoBozzolo]

Try with this UIR: I modified your adding a new button with the sqrt symbol, can you see it?

[EliranMar3005]

Thank you very much for your help!