Re: How to display an email subject with Apple emojis?

[Charlie Ogier <charlie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Try this: -

Public Sub Form_Open()

  TextBox1.Font = Font["Ubuntu,150"]
  TextBox1.text = UnBase64("8J+OhPCfjrg=")

End

Charlie

On 27/12/2024 16:06, Claus Dietrich wrote:
> The UTF-8 string "8J+OhPCfjrg=" is Base64 encoded and was received as 
> "=?utf-8?B?8J+OhPCfjrg=?=" which represents the subject of an email 
> and consists of two emoji-icons ...
>
> 1) a Christmas tree and
>
> 2) a guitar
>
> It was sent by an IOS smart phone.
>
> This code line ...
>
> Print UnBase64("8J+OhPCfjrg=")
>
> displays a Christmas tree and a guitar in the IDE console in b/w.
>
> But this code line ..
>
> TextBox1.text = UnBase64("8J+OhPCfjrg=")
>
> displays just two rectangles in the TextBox. But when I copy these two 
> rectangles and paste them into the Gambas source-code editor, I get 
> two beautiful coloured emojis. So Gambas seems to be able to display 
> Apple emojis but what is the trick and how can I display an email 
> subject with Apple emojis in a single line Gambas control?
>
> Any help is welcome.
>
> Best regards
>
> Claus