how to handle special characters

[YPAJIE]

hi guys,
im workin on a project which require integration between mysql - xml - flash.
but im stuck with special characters (like ' " - &)which always appear as boxes
(?) in flash dynamictext although i have turn on html rendering capability.
The strangest thing is the characters is readable when i open the xml document
in notepad or directly open from mysql via phpMyAdmin

Please help

-ajie

[ClauÐio - Flash Developer - www.websigns.com.ar -]

to the sources...
[url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/url_encoding.htm[/url]

else u can use this function in your first frame:
System.useCodepage=true; //flash mx2004

this function make your code shows them.

[puterart1]

In your PHP code try escaping the text before you send it out to Flash. This
will output the text as URL encoded text and I don't believe you will need to
unescape it when it comes into flash. To do this in ASP all you would need to
do is escape(string) and you're set. Not sure what the PHP function is.

[apodkolinska]

Make sure your XMLs are set to UTF-8, that might also be causing problems.