Is it 0x25A0 good for you?
http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/25a0/index.htm

See also:
0x25aa - Black small square: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/25aa/index.htm
0x25fc - Black madium square: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/25fc/index.htm

Hi

Thanks for the quick reply

I am using this code

const TCHAR* bullet = _T("\u25A0");
text = ConvertToCharString(bullet);

But this code is not giving me the bullet output I want.

Regards
Karan

>>>> text = ConvertToCharString(bullet);

I didn't find the ConvertToCharString in my environment. For the bullet to show you would need a function which converts UTF-8 to wide char string and have a 'print' functions which takes wide char strings and uses a UNICODE font for output.

You could look whether the ConvertToCharString actually is a UTF-8 to Wide-String converter (where I have doubts) but maybe easier is to skip the conversion and simply have

  wchar_t bullet[2] = { 0x25A0, 0x0000 };

and print the bullet using a suitable UNICODE print function.

>>>> GetDlgItem( IDC_STATIC1 )->SetWindowText( L"Hello unicode \u2022 \u25A0" );

As told above: the usage of "\u2022" or "\u25A0" requires an output function which was able to interpret the UTF-8 or UTF-16 sequences starting with \u.

That is *not* the normal way UNICODE characters were stored in a wide char string, as the L"\u25A0" needs 6 characters (or 12 bytes in case of using wide char strings) to define the UNICODE character 0x25A0 which could be stored in *one* single wide character as well:

 GetDlgItem( IDC_STATIC1 )->SetWindowText( CString(L"Hello unicode ") + WCHAR(0x25A0) + CString(L" ") + WCHAR(0x25A0) );

>>>>> requires an output function which was able to interpret the UTF-8 or UTF-16 sequences starting with \u.

I think it is resolved at compile time


>>>>> the L"\u25A0" needs 6 characters

It compiles in one single wide character:

      WCHAR buf[10];
      wcscpy_s( buf, L"\u25A0" );
      ASSERT( wcslen( buf ) == 1 );

In memory you have the following values (1 wide char + 1 terminator):
a0 25 00 00

See the attached image

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