diff --git a/epan/print.c b/epan/print.c
index ed75265180..95124a5314 100644
--- a/epan/print.c
+++ b/epan/print.c
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ print_escaped_xml(FILE *fh, const char *unescaped_string)
             fputs(""", fh);
             break;
         case '\'':
-            fputs("'", fh);
+            fputs("'", fh);
             break;
         default:
             if (g_ascii_isprint(*p))
diff --git a/epan/strutil.c b/epan/strutil.c
index ac4e7c41c6..0c598a7aa6 100644
--- a/epan/strutil.c
+++ b/epan/strutil.c
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ xml_escape(const gchar *unescaped)
                 g_string_append(buffer, "&");
                 break;
             case '\'':
-                g_string_append(buffer, "'");
+                g_string_append(buffer, "'");
                 break;
             case '"':
                 g_string_append(buffer, """);
diff --git a/ui/qt/simple_dialog.cpp b/ui/qt/simple_dialog.cpp
index ea3ef218e4..f25a653faf 100644
--- a/ui/qt/simple_dialog.cpp
+++ b/ui/qt/simple_dialog.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@
 QList<MessagePair> message_queue_;
 ESD_TYPE_E max_severity_ = ESD_TYPE_INFO;
 
-const char *primary_delimiter_ = UTF8_NONCHARACTER;
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+// Disable "warning C4566: character represented by universal-character-name '\uFFFF' cannot be represented in the current code page (1252)"
+#pragma warning(disable:4566)
+#endif
+const char *primary_delimiter_ = "\uffff";
 
 const char *
 simple_dialog_primary_start(void) {
@@ -84,7 +88,6 @@ simple_error_message_box(const char *msg_format, ...)
     va_end(ap);
 }
 
-#include <QDebug>
 SimpleDialog::SimpleDialog(QWidget *parent, ESD_TYPE_E type, int btn_mask, const char *msg_format, va_list ap) :
     QMessageBox(parent)
 {
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ SimpleDialog::SimpleDialog(QWidget *parent, ESD_TYPE_E type, int btn_mask, const
     message = QTextCodec::codecForLocale()->toUnicode(vmessage);
     g_free(vmessage);
 
+    setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
     MessagePair msg_pair = splitMessage(message);
     QString primary = msg_pair.first;
     QString secondary = msg_pair.second;
diff --git a/ui/utf8_entities.h b/ui/utf8_entities.h
index 06eb486ea5..18b0fc1a59 100644
--- a/ui/utf8_entities.h
+++ b/ui/utf8_entities.h
@@ -31,17 +31,14 @@
  * and other places
  */
 
-#define UTF8_MIDDLE_DOT                     "\xc2\xb7"      /*   183 /   0xb7 */
+#define UTF8_MIDDLE_DOT                     "\xc2\xb7"      /*  183 /   0xb7 */
 
-#define UTF8_HORIZONTAL_ELLIPSIS        "\xe2\x80\xa6"      /*  8230 / 0x2026 */
-#define UTF8_LEFTWARDS_ARROW            "\xe2\x86\x90"      /*  8592 / 0x2190 */
-#define UTF8_RIGHTWARDS_ARROW           "\xe2\x86\x92"      /*  8594 / 0x2192 */
-#define UTF8_LEFT_RIGHT_ARROW           "\xe2\x86\x94"      /*  8596 / 0x2194 */
-
-#define UTF8_PLACE_OF_INTEREST_SIGN     "\xe2\x8c\x98"      /*  8984 / 0x2318 */
-
-#define UTF8_NONCHARACTER               "\xef\xbf\xbf"      /* 65535 / 0xffff */
+#define UTF8_HORIZONTAL_ELLIPSIS        "\xe2\x80\xa6"      /* 8230 / 0x2026 */
+#define UTF8_LEFTWARDS_ARROW            "\xe2\x86\x90"      /* 8592 / 0x2190 */
+#define UTF8_RIGHTWARDS_ARROW           "\xe2\x86\x92"      /* 8594 / 0x2192 */
+#define UTF8_LEFT_RIGHT_ARROW           "\xe2\x86\x94"      /* 8596 / 0x2194 */
 
+#define UTF8_PLACE_OF_INTEREST_SIGN     "\xe2\x8c\x98"      /* 8984 / 0x2318 */
 #endif /* __UTF8_ENTITIES_H__ */
 
 /*