Using a "Controller" in a JS Rule

[-Lisa-]

Hi all,

 

I have a template that includes an optional bulleted list. The bullet my client has used in their design looks like this: ">>" I am able to achieve this character in the Helvetica font by holding down the ALT key and selecting a lowercase "q".

 

Because the bullet is optional, AND a different color than the text that precedes it I need to write a rule that will return this character. Obviously if I write my JS rule to return "Helvetica" and then the letter q, this isn't going to work. Can I include a controller (in this case "ALT") in my rule? If not, does anyone have any suggestions on how I can do this? Zapf Dingbats and Wingdings don't contain a character even remotely close to this one.

 

Thanks in advance!!

[mhilger]

Hello Lisa,

 

You can refer to the ASCII code for that character and use the FusionPro Chr() function to return that character.

 

I looked up this character in Helvetica on my WinXP machine and it looks like ASCII code 187. The following simple rule returned that character for me:

 

return Chr(187);

[-Lisa-]

Thanks Mark! I'll try this in my rule this morning.