I had a similar problem recently.
Take a look at the thread called "Accented characters" on sept 10th.
The problem was related to the codepage used.

Claude

>I have a FPD26 tables with ASCII characters (e.g. degree symbols). When I convert this table to VFP, somehow the characters are replaced with something different.
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>In browse mode, I can change the font to something like Foxprint font and seem to be able to view the proper symbol but when I print a report, I can't seem to display the proper symbol, even when I change the font to Foxprint.
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>Any ideals?
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>TIA
>John.