Special character problem

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From: darinplutchok
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:21

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When outputting text from InDesign using the script below, special characters come out as long numbers (i.e. 1397969521 for Apostrophe, 1396984945 for an open quote, 1398041963 for a trademark symbol). What are these numbers and how can I output characters instead.

Set myCharacters = myDocument.PageItems.Item(1).Paragraphs.Item(1).TextWords.Item(1).Characters
For Each myCharacter in myCharacters
	myForm.myTextBox.value = myForm.myTextBox.value & myCharacter.TextContents
Next

i.e. instead of outputting 'Darin's' the above script outputs 'Darin1397969521s'

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