CFFORM XML character entity references

[HairyDude]

I am trying to encode special characters into my cfform with an xml output. &
characters are not being encoded, they are being escaped.

Example:- ŷ is being sent as seen, not the character it is supposed to
represent. it is wrapped within a cfformitem with a type of html (tried text
as well, no difference), the page is saved as utf-8 and a cfprocessingdirective
is being uses to set utf-8 as well.

Any ideas?

[PaulH]

if you're using unicode, why bother with that kind of encoding? why not just insert the correct unicode char?

[HairyDude]

I suppose I am used to using them. but I have been embedding the characters
directly into the file and this seems to work - I still have problems with
unsupported characters (y and w circumflex for example), but a and o circumflex
seem to be okay using this feature.

[PaulH]

if you're saying that some chars encoded like that alway work while other
always don't work, that might be a bug. i'll have a look--but i wouldn't
suggest using this type of encoding.

btw there was a just a big argument about using html entities, etc in unicode
xml streams on the unicode mailing list.