>>>>Well, unfortunately it's not. With Courier New it's something like a b. You can try @1,1 say Chr(254) font "courier new"
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>>>I think you are right. Even when I replace the "p" with CHR(254), I see this characters in the report, at run time.
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>>>How do I make the Check Box symbol appear in the report instead of the character "p"?
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>>Apply the Wingdings2 font to the checkbox.
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>Yes, this works. Actually what Tore suggested, chr(82), looks even better. But I am wondering, what is the customer does not have this font installed?

I think I've seen that font with Windows 95 or so... And if it's not there, you'd get a p in any similar font (perhaps just wingdings without 2).