I am limited to VFP7 with this project.

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>Unfortunately, neither works. Strconv() does not represent the text correctly for any combinations of ConversionSetting and LocalID. And putting the return like .innertext to cursor does not change anything: still there are "????" in the field instead of the text (browse font properfontname...)
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>OK, are we talking VFP 8 or 9 here?
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>Sorry, I may have gotten confused, in 9 STRCONV() has an extra param so you can use script (fontcharset) and codepage values, which are more extensive than the region/locale id set specified in 8.
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