# Wrong accented characters visualization

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrong-accented-characters-visualization/23951>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [April 9, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrong-accented-characters-visualization/23951 "2019-04-09T07:47:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![f.pinciaroli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/f.pinciaroli/32/6101_2.png) [@f.pinciaroli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/f.pinciaroli)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrong-accented-characters-visualization/23951/1 "2019-04-09T07:47:19Z")

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Hello,

I have some problems with characters visualization.  
For example, trying to translate my project in French Lenguage, some accented characters are incorrect.

![Immagine](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/8/85a58273ee66c9bb89b20ec1c788d19fa1e2bbe9.png)

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrong-accented-characters-visualization/23951/2 "2019-04-09T09:51:01Z")

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Use unicode strings (u):

```auto
system.gui.messageBox(u"The motor has been running for %d hours" % motorNumber)

```

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**Author:** ![f.pinciaroli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/f.pinciaroli/32/6101_2.png) [@f.pinciaroli](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/f.pinciaroli)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wrong-accented-characters-visualization/23951/3 "2019-04-09T17:56:46Z")

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Thank you very much!!