[image] Different UTF-8 character output with chr() General I set a Textfield text whith this Code: TextField1.Text = "¶" + " " + chr(&hc2b6) The Output of the Textfield is: Why is the Char, set with CHR different? T…

When you looked at the NEW documentation site for something like Label - specifically DesktopLabel https://documentation.xojo.com/api/user_interface/desktop/desktoplabel.html the “inheritance” hierarchy used to exist at the top of the page [Screen Shot 2023-06-14 at 9.18.07 AM] now its buried w…

[image] npalardy: DesktopLabel This is a bit of a tangent, but… I don’t recall if it was Web 1.0 Labels or Buttons, but one of them you could not style the text due to how Xojo built the html. So annoying. I’m not sure it was ever fixed.

[image] Karen: If what Tim posted on TOF about Geof removing much of the documentation on inheritance because it’s an advanced topic most do not need to know is correct, there is no hope of things changing for the better. When I noticed the documentation was missing inheritance information, I…

I don’t use the new docs… That long page and it’s organization make it really hard to really grasp and understand things! -Karen

[image] npalardy: And to get the BYTES from that TEXT you have to ask that TEXT to turn itself into bytes Are these conversions built into the language? [image] npalardy: Open the link above and scroll and scroll and scroll I have a trick for you: the :arrow_lower_right: key (or fn+⇟ …

[image] Tim: proceeded to tell me it was an “advanced topic” No wonder Xojo is crapping the bed. If you only care about onboarding new users and don’t give a crap about when folks become advanced, you end up with the Pros leaving. Good job, Xojo!

[image] anic297: Are these conversions built into the language? https://docs.xojo.com/Text see Converting Text to and From Bytes [image] anic297: I have a trick for you: the :arrow_lower_right: key (or fn+⇟ on a laptop) :wink: Oh sure NOW I know where it is When I first was looking …

just re-read this post [image] Letter to Geoff I’d like to chime in with some personal views as well. You know I had been Xojo’s German Developer Evangelist for about 5 years. As such, I had been promoting Xojo to new users on one hand, and supported local users for free…

[image] Karen: If what Tim posted on TOF about Geof removing much of the documentation on inheritance because it’s an advanced topic most do not need to know is correct, there is no hope of things changing for the better. Lol THAT’s an advanced topic that it’s not fundamental to understand? Y…

By what I am reading in this thread, the deprecation of Text, instead of fixing its performance issues, could be attributed to the fact that Xojo does not have a compiler specialist.

UTF-8 Character output

npalardy 14 June 2023 15:59 49

just re-read this post

it explains a TON