[vb] Seeking help entering a special character in indesign using script

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From: maxhodges
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:01

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I'm trying to enter some special characters in indesign using a
script.
 I need to change to the wingdings font and enter a character in the
middle
 of my text. I discovered how to change fonts, but I can't seem to get
the
 character I want to show up. I used MS Word to check the character
code, and
 it was 158 in decimal, so I insert my text like this:

tf.TextContents = "abcdefghij" & Chr(158) & "abcdefghij"

but alas, no luck when. When I set that text to wingding, I get a
blank space instead of the DOT character (bullet) that I want...

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