DOCUMENT:Q115602 08-AUG-2001 [winnt] TITLE :Cannot Input Unicode Characters >256 into Dialog Edit Field PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT PROD/VER:3.5 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbother ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.5 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== You cannot input Unicode characters that have a character code of greater than 256 into a common dialog edit field. This includes the following characters from code page 1252: Code Page 1252 Unicode Description ---- ------- ---------------------------------------- 0x82 0x201a Single Low-9 Quotation Mark 0x83 0x0192 Latin Small Letter F With Hook 0x84 0x201e Double Low-9 Quotation Mark 0x85 0x2026 Horizontal Ellipsis 0x86 0x2020 Dagger 0x87 0x2021 Double Dagger 0x88 0x02c6 Modifier Letter Circumflex Accent 0x89 0x2030 Per Mille Sign 0x8a 0x0160 Latin Capital Letter S With Caron 0x8b 0x2039 Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark 0x8c 0x0152 Latin Capital Ligature Oe 0x82 0x201a Single Low-9 Quotation Mark 0x83 0x0192 Latin Small Letter F With Hook 0x84 0x201e Double Low-9 Quotation Mark 0x85 0x2026 Horizontal Ellipsis 0x86 0x2020 Dagger 0x87 0x2021 Double Dagger 0x88 0x02c6 Modifier Letter Circumflex Accent 0x89 0x2030 Per Mille Sign 0x8a 0x0160 Latin Capital Letter S With Caron 0x8b 0x2039 Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark 0x8c 0x0152 Latin Capital Ligature Oe 0x91 0x2018 Left Single Quotation Mark 0x92 0x2019 Right Single Quotation Mark 0x93 0x201c Left Double Quotation Mark 0x94 0x201d Right Double Quotation Mark 0x95 0x2022 Bullet 0x96 0x2013 En Dash 0x97 0x2014 Em Dash 0x98 0x02dc Small Tilde 0x99 0x2122 Trade Mark Sign 0x9a 0x0161 Latin Small Letter S With Caron 0x9b 0x203a Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark 0x9c 0x0153 Latin Small Ligature Oe 0x9d 0x009d 0x9e 0x009e 0x9f 0x0178 Latin Capital Letter Y With Diaeresis Additionally, a large portion or all of the following locales cannot input their characters: LCID Locale Name -------- ----------- 00000402 Bulgarian 0000041a Croatian 00000405 Czech 00000408 Greek 0000040e Hungarian 00000415 Polish 00000418 Romanian 00000419 Russian 0000041b Slovak 00000424 Slovenian 0000041f Turkish STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): S E R V P A C K Additional query words: prodnt ====================================================================== Keywords : kbother Technology : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNT350search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS350search Version : 3.5 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.