Send up arrow `↑` character to iPhone with SMS using VBA and a CDO mail object

Question

I need to send an up arrow ↑ to an iPhone with SMS using VBA and a CDO mail object.

My attempts are as follows:

Unicode:

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Answer 1

Solution:

I was looking for some 'special character' syntax but the problem was not in the construction of the message. I needed to add .BodyPart.Charset = "utf-8" to the CDO.Message object and use the Unicode Chrw(8593) where I needed it.

Sub sendMSSG(sbj As String, mssg As String)
    Dim cdoMail As New CDO.Message
    On Error GoTo err_Report

    With cdoMail
        With .Configuration.Fields
            .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = cdoSendUsingPort '2
            .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl") = True
            .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 465
            .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "my.smtpserverserver.net"
            .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate") = cdoBasic  '1
            .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl") = True
            .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername") = sFROM
            .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword") = sFROMPWD
            .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpconnectiontimeout") = 6
            .Update
        End With
        .BodyPart.Charset = "utf-8"     '<~~ THIS WAS REQUIRED
        .Subject = sbj
        .From = sFROM
        .To = sPHONEMSSGNO
        .Bcc = vbNullString
        .Cc = vbNullString
        .TextBody = mssg
        .Send
    End With

    Exit Sub

err_Report:
    Debug.Print Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description

End Sub

Apparently, .BodyPart.Charset covers both the subject and the message body as I was able to use unicode in both.

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_{Anyone planning to use this code for their own purposes needs to add the Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 library to their project via Tools, References.}