Hi Denis,

>Hi,
>How can I programmatically convert to text a strings like "ä" ?
>
>Thanks
>Denis

You can to create a table with three fields, one to number code, other to string code and other to character corresponding. Create an index for number code field and an index for string code. So, seek for both index.
You can see a complete list of Character Entity References in http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/characterentities_famsupp_69.html.