# Using Greek in a script and a table

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-greek-in-a-script-and-a-table/9278>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 3, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-greek-in-a-script-and-a-table/9278 "2014-11-03T19:11:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Nikzitronik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Nikzitronik](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nikzitronik)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-greek-in-a-script-and-a-table/9278/1 "2014-11-03T19:11:28Z")

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Our project requirement is that all texts in the Scada will be in Greek. I want to make a msgbox with a message to the user. I used the following script in attachment script.jpg to get the result in attachment msgbox.jpg.

Is there a way to make it show the text properly?

Regards  
 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/d/ddb3aba27d278c3cad53f021abc4c935eb66c7e0.jpg)

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/4/4566d719113a849f7998813425e0f07502e474f2.jpg)

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**Author:** ![JGJohnson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jgjohnson/32/29582_2.png) [@JGJohnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JGJohnson)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-greek-in-a-script-and-a-table/9278/2 "2014-11-03T19:23:57Z")

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Try:

```auto
system.gui.messageBox(u"your warning text", u"Your title text")
```

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-greek-in-a-script-and-a-table/9278/3 "2014-11-03T19:30:09Z")

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Hi!

Try putting a ‘u’ in front of the string. That will force unicode encoding.

Example:

```auto
u"Ένας Έλληνας string είναι σε Unicode"
```

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-greek-in-a-script-and-a-table/9278/4 "2014-11-04T14:34:56Z")

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Also be sure you’re using a fairly recent version of Ignition. IIRC, 7.5.12 or newer, 7.6.4 or newer and any 7.7 should all draw Greek correctly if you put the u in front of strings in your scripts.