xmlText = strtran(xmlText, 'ç', 'ç') && small c with cedilla *edited: UT converted the code; the 3rd parameter is "& # 2 3 1 ;" without the spaces.I cannot type in the two characters listed above in the second parameter of the strtran() function inside the VFP editor. I've tried setting: _screen.FontCharSet = 162 for Turkish and 204 for Russian and used the Windows On-Screen keyboard to type it in but the literal text Й (cyrillic) or Ğ (turkish) does not display properly.