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Dave Neve - 05 Jan 2006 19:20 GMT

Hello

Some time ago, after lots of brain scratching, I managed to create a
character using eudcedit.exe in Windows.

I then wanted to write a macro to use this character but I had a problem
which was finally solved by a VB group.

The character with a unicode had to be converted into a hex number.

The final macro was therefore

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Sub dt()

'
' Hex Macro
' Macro enregistrée le 02/05/2005 par Dave Neve
'
Application.Keyboard (1028)
Selection.TypeText Text:=ChrW(61440)
End Sub
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I now need to convert the hex character Word (61440) back into Unicode in
order to install it on to my new computer but I don't know how ( I can't
remember the Unicode number and didn't think to copy it when migrating)

Can anybody help?

Hope this makes sense

Dave Neve

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 05 Jan 2006 21:41 GMT

Unicode character numbers *are* hex. But the hex value of decimal 61440 is
F000 (see http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/converter.php)

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> Hello
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> The final macro was therefore

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> Sub dt()
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> Selection.TypeText Text:=ChrW(61440)
> End Sub

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> I now need to convert the hex character Word (61440) back into Unicode in
> order to install it on to my new computer but I don't know how ( I can't
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> Dave Neve

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Stan Brown - 05 Jan 2006 21:46 GMT

Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:20:59 +0100 from Dave Neve
<NoAddressForSpammers@noway.fr>:

> I now need to convert the hex character Word (61440) back into Unicode in

61440 decimal is F000 hex. I don't think there are any Unicode
characters as high as 61440 hex, but that's the same as 398400
decimal.

What character are you actually trying to insert?

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Dave Neve - 06 Jan 2006 07:34 GMT

Thanks to both of you.

So infact, the unicode (hex number) had been converted to a decimal number
(without any decimals?!?!?!).

The character I am trying to insert does not reproduce here on HTLM and I
drew it myself with eudcedit.exe so it has no code or name

It's a cross between a 'T' and a 'd' and I use it to represent a sound in
Thai.

I will now ask a separate question on this topic (phonemic symbols) as you
have got me thinking.

PS. Sue, you must dream of Word at night, I am sure of it.

Thanks and Happy New Year

Dave Neve

> Thu, 5 Jan 2006 20:20:59 +0100 from Dave Neve
> <NoAddressForSpammers@noway.fr>:
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> What character are you actually trying to insert?

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Character - 06 Jan 2006 08:26 GMT

> had been converted to a decimal number
> (without any decimals?!?!?!).

A decimal means that it's written in base ten (our usual numbering system). As
opposed to binary (base 2), octal (base 8), hexadecimal (base 16) etc.

In this usage it doesn't relate to to fractional parts of a number written after
a decimal point.

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Character - 06 Jan 2006 08:28 GMT

>> had been converted to a decimal number (without any decimals?!?!?!).

CORRECTION - in editing I left out a key word ,"number", in the first line below:

A decimal number means that it's written in base ten (our usual numbering
system). As opposed to binary (base 2), octal (base 8), hexadecimal
(base 16) etc.

In this usage it doesn't relate to to fractional parts of a number
written after a decimal point.

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