diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepRTB.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepRTB.cs
index 268e8650..0cf57ae5 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepRTB.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/StepRTB.cs
@@ -967,9 +967,21 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 		//    SelectionLength = 0;
 		//    //OnModeChange(this, new StepRTBModeChangeEventArgs(ViewRTB?E_ViewMode.View:E_ViewMode.Edit));
 		//}
+		public string InsertSymbolInRO(string val)
+		{
+			string retval = val;
+			// C2019-043 convert a "->" to the Right Arrow symbol and a "<-" to the Left Arrow Symbol
+			//           note that at the dash character gets convert to a non-breaking hyphen "\u8209?"
+			if (MyItemInfo.ActiveFormat.PlantFormat.FormatData.SectData.UseDashGreaterLessThenForArrowsInROValue) 
+			{
+				retval = retval.Replace("\\u8209?>", GetAddSymbolTextForROs(@"\u8594?")); // Right Arrow
+				retval = retval.Replace("<\\u8209?", GetAddSymbolTextForROs(@"\u8592?")); // Left Arrow
+			}
+			return retval;
+		}
 		public void InsertRO(string value, string link)
 		{
-			AddRtfLink(value, link);
+			AddRtfLink(InsertSymbolInRO(value), link);
 		}
 		public void InsertTran(string value, string link)
 		{
@@ -1318,6 +1330,10 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 		{
 			return (@"{\f1\fs" + this.Font.SizeInPoints * 2 + @" " + symtxt + @"}"); // B2016-281 fixed font selection when inserting a symbol character
 		}
+		private string GetAddSymbolTextForROs(string symtxt)
+		{
+			return (@"\f1\fs" + this.Font.SizeInPoints * 2 + @" " + symtxt); //C2019-043 Don't need curly braces when used in RO return value
+		}
 		public void AddRtfLink(string linkUrl, string linkValue)
 		{
 			if (CreateParams.ClassName == "RICHEDIT50W")
@@ -1361,7 +1377,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 			linkValue = linkValue.Replace("\\u916?", "\\f1\\u916?\\f0 ");
 			linkValue = linkValue.Replace(@"{", @"\{");
 			linkValue = linkValue.Replace(@"}", @"\}");
-			SelectedRtf = @"{\rtf1\ansi"+FontTable+@"{\colortbl ;\red255\green0\blue0;}\v"+FontSize+@" <START]\v0\cf1 " + linkValue + @"\cf0\v " + linkUrl + @"[END>\v0 }";
+			SelectedRtf = @"{\rtf1\ansi" + FontTable + @"{\colortbl ;\red255\green0\blue0;}\v" + FontSize + @" <START]\v0\cf1 " + linkValue + @"\cf0\v " + linkUrl + @"[END>\v0 }";
 			this.SelectionLength = 0;
 			this.SelectionStart = position;
 			FindAllLinks();