Hi,
>
> If you have VFP 9 then: STRCONV(cExpression, nConversionSetting [, nRegionalIdentifier [, nRegionalIDType]])
>
>nRegionalIDType it's a flag if nRegionalIdentifier is Locale ID, codepage or FontCharSet. (modified)

>

> cres='?'
> ON ERROR note
> cres = STRCONV(CHR(0xc3)+CHR(0x83)+ CHR(0xc2)+CHR(0x9c) ,11 , 1257, 1)
> ON ERROR
>
>IF cres#'?'
>  ? i, cres
>  ENDIF
>
>ENDFOR
>

It outputs question mark.