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In my application I have used a backslash as part of a text-based activity indicator (a typical /-\ sequence.. I removed the | because it had a different width). All was well until I saw my application being run on a japanese computer. The backslash was replaced with a japanese character.
How can I avoid this?
In your delphi application you can select a Font that renders that Unicode codepoint as a backslash. However, most standard fonts including many in Windows, will intentionally show a Yen mark instead of a backslash, in Japanese locales, for reason that users expect it.
If you want to be really sure of what is shown, use your own font, one that is not shipped with windows, and install it with your application.