If the document is a text file there's not a lot you can do. If you use an HTML document you can set the Charset as a property of the HTML document.

The default in IE would be dependent on your localized copy of Windows.


+++ Rick ---


>Hi,
>
>Exporting data from a VFP database to a delimited file.
>Uploading the .txt file to an ISP for use in our Webpage.
>Users may scan our data, a list of used boats for sale.
>
>Worked Ok fro a couple years.
>
>ISP company reorganized.
>
>Norwegian special characters Æ, Å, Ø no longer displaying right.
>
>ISP claims special characters must be converted to &-style, like '&' follewed by 'aring' as substitute for character A with tiny circle above.
>
>What is right? Should we send txt files AS IS, as we alwas have, or do we really have to include &--- HTML coding in the txt file?
>
>Rolf