TrifonovS
13th April 2010 06:49 UTC

Special character (for instance "&") in a string
Hi,
I have changed the branding text of my installer. In this text there is a symbol "&", which is not shown. I searched the documentation and the forum, but I couldn't find information about my problem. Is this a special symbol that is treated like some kind of specifier? I wrote "&&" instead of "&" and now I see the character in my branding text (only one "&"), but I want to know what is the reason and is this the correct way to solve the problem... Are there some other characters (except "$") that are used for specifiers in the strings?

MSG
13th April 2010 08:47 UTC

If I recall correctly, the & sign is used to specify which letter of the string is used for that object's hotkey. (Like how Alt-Y is usually Yes, etc).

TrifonovS
13th April 2010 09:19 UTC

Ok, then... is it correct to write && when I want to have the & character in the string?

jpderuiter
13th April 2010 09:26 UTC

Yes:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=VS.71).aspx

TrifonovS
13th April 2010 11:22 UTC

Thanks!!!