Forum Post: RE: Strange characters on the field

Try setting the compiler directive runtimeencoding(ansi) on in the COBOL tab of the project properties. This should tell it to treat PIC X data using the ANSI codeset. You could also try using CBL_STRING_CONVERT to convert between ansi and Unicode and then use the converted string in your Textbox. Example call "CBL_STRING_CONVERT" using by reference test-record                                by value 10                                by value 3                                by reference mypicn                                by reference 20                                by value 1                                by value 0                                by reference reserved                                returning status-code. set txtBox1::Text to mypicn