Microsoft KB Archive/115602

= Cannot Input Unicode Characters >256 into Dialog Edit Field =

Article ID: 115602

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5

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This article was previously published under Q115602



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 KB115602

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