Having trouble displaying some characters?

[nitekram]

Can someone explane the following: Missing chars when using code?

ps - looks like you can no longer paste your code with TIDY???

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
Example1()
MsgBox('', '', 'Why is the ampersand sign missing? & DEC 38')
Example2()
MsgBox('', '', 'Why is the Plus, Exclamation Mark, and Pound Sign missing? + DEC 43, # DEC 35, ! DEC 33')

; example 1
Func Example1()
; In this example the & is missing?
Local $msg, $Left = 10, $Down = 0
GUICreate("My GUI", 100, 960) ; will create a dialog box that when displayed is centered
For $x = 32 To 64
GUICtrlCreateLabel(Chr($x), $Left, $Down)
$Down += 30
Next
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) ; will display an empty dialog box
; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
$msg = GUIGetMsg()
If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop
WEnd
GUIDelete()
EndFunc ;==>Example1

; example 2
Func Example2()
; In this example the # and + and ! signs are missing?
Run('notepad.exe')
Sleep(1000)
For $x = 32 To 64
Send('   ' & Chr($x))
Send("{Enter}")
Next
EndFunc ;==>Example2

Edited April 6, 2013 by nitekram

[water]

When you send +, ! or # you need to send them RAW. Means set the flag of Send to 1.

[water]

If you use

GUICtrlCreateLabel(Chr(38) & Chr(38), $Left, $Down)

in example 1 you get your "&".

Looks like a "&" is interpreted as character to denote a shortcut.Text "Se&nd" will be displayed as "Send".

Unfortunately I can't find it in the help file at the moment.

Edited April 6, 2013 by water

[water]

BTW: To post a script with correct indentation don't paste the code into the popup for AutoIt code but paste it manually into the [autoit][/autoit] tags.

[nitekram]

I did paste into tags - but did not work...Also when editing your (my) post, it changes the format.

I found those special charaters in the helpfile - thanks, just did not check before posting.

Thanks for your help!!!

[water]