One warning about this (using Wingding or symbol font) -- if the character codes are above 127, you'll have to be careful if running in Asian-language versions of Windows. Often characters in the 128..255 (0x80..0xFF) range are used as "lead-in" codes to double-byte characters, so you could end up with spurious syntax errors or "string not terminated" errors. In such cases, you'll need to change string constants to references to CHR() function. In a nutshell, if it looks like some sort of special symbol (when viewed in a "regular" font like Arial) that you don't normally see on an English-language keyboard (e.g. it has funny-looking accents), you probably need to use CHR() function.