Cannot Input Unicode Characters >256 into Dialog Edit Field

 Last reviewed: May 15, 1997
Article ID: Q115602

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 : kbbug3.50 kbother ntgeneral
Version : 3.5
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 15, 1997
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