well, i really didn't think i needed to post the code, was just asking for a generalized answer....(silly me). so, here is the code :
Code:
 dialog ascii_table {
  title $amlogo Ascii  Table ( special characters) 
  size -1 -1 220 200
  option dbu
  list 1, 11 21 26 112, sort
  list 2, 62 50 26 104, sort
  list 3, 116 63 26 78, sort
  list 4, 172 31 26 100, sort
  button "Add", 5, 42 180 37 12
  button "Close", 6, 119 180 37 12, ok
  box "Upper Case", 7, 4 4 41 157
  box "Lower Case", 8, 56 36 38 126
  box "Numeric", 9, 109 29 40 133
  box "Other", 10, 160 5 50 157
}
on *:LOAD:{
  var %ascii.ucase À,Á,Â,Ã,Ä,Å,ß,Ç,Ð,È,É,Ê,Ê,Ë,Ì,Í,Î,Ï,Ñ,Ò,Ó,Ô,Õ,Ö,Ù,Ú,Û,Ü,Ý,¥
  var %ascii.lcase à,á,â,ã,ä,å,ç,è,é,ê,ë,ì,í,î,ï,ñ,ò,ó,ô,õ,ö,ù,ú,û,ü,ý,ÿ
  var %ascii.numeric  ø,¹,²,³,×,÷,¢,£,¼,½,¾
  var %ascii.other ª,º,°,©,®,¡,¿,¤,§,«,»,¬,±,µ,¶,þ,Þ,Æ,æ,ð,¸,‘,’ 
}
on *:dialog:ascii_table:*:*:{
  if ($devent == init) {
    
  }
}


i just need to put the %vars in the appropriate lists thats all.