Unicode Symbols in FormattedTextArea

Hi,

I'm trying to get Unicode symbols to render in a table using the Unicode code symbols and a FormattedTextArea. Each time I try different symbols, it appears that the Unicode Code Point is just rendered "as-is", as if it were just text.

Here is my code (C#)  for adding the text to the PDF:

Font unicodeFont = new OpenTypeFont(@"ARIALUNI.TTF");
FontFamily family = new FontFamily("ArialFont", unicodeFont);
var text = "\\U00C6";
FormattedTextArea area = new FormattedTextArea(text, 0,0,150, 150, family, 14, true);
Row2 newRow = _theTable.Rows.Add(ROWHEIGHT, unicodeFont, ROWFONTSIZE);

newRow.Cells.Add(area);

When this table renders, I get the following text:

"\U00C6"

Am I missing something?

Thanks.

Hello,

When you specify the Unicode hex value as a string use single \ and a lower case “u” as shown below.

var text = "\u00C6";

Thanks,

ceTe Software Support Team.

Thank you so much! This now works!

The following is not working...

        Dim fta As FormattedTextArea = New FormattedTextArea("\u003C LESS-THAN SIGN", 50, 400, 100, 20, FontFamily.Helvetica, 14, True)
        pg.Elements.Add(fta)
Displays

        Dim fta1 As FormattedTextArea = New FormattedTextArea("\u00C6 LESS-THAN SIGN", 50, 450, 100, 20, FontFamily.Helvetica, 14, True)
        pg.Elements.Add(fta1)

In both cases, it is not translating into the specified character. 

I'm using 9.0.0.35070

Hi,

We are looking into this issue and will post an update as soon as we complete our analysis.

Thanks,

ceTe Software Support Team.

Hello,

The Syntax to add the Unicode values with VB.NET is differs from the C# code. Below is the code sample to add the symbol using Unicode values using VB.NET.

Dim fta1 As FormattedTextArea = New FormattedTextArea(ChrW(198) & "Symbol", 50, 450, 100, 20, FontFamily.Helvetica, 14, True)

Please note that if you would like to add the less-than  (& l t ; ) or greater-than (& g t; )symbols to the PDF using FormattedTextArea then please use the HTML entities. Below is the code sample.

Dim fta As FormattedTextArea = New FormattedTextArea("< LESS-THAN SIGN", 50, 400, 200, 20, FontFamily.Helvetica, 14, True)

Dim fta2 As FormattedTextArea = New FormattedTextArea("> GREATER-THAN SIGN", 50, 500, 200, 20, FontFamily.Helvetica, 14, True)

Thanks,
ceTe Software Support Team.