# AS3 doesnt read special characters from an XML

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-doesnt-read-special-characters-from-an-xml/312974
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 17, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-doesnt-read-special-characters-from-an-xml/312974 "2010-08-17T05:46:42Z")
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### Author: ![kolosoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kolosoff](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kolosoff)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-doesnt-read-special-characters-from-an-xml/312974/1 "2010-08-17T05:46:42Z")

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Hi,

I have recently run into a problem when loading an external xml file into actionscript 3. Flash does not want to read special characters for some reason! My XML doc is “uni-8” and i’ve tried using regular ó letter, ó and ó to describe the character but no luck so far. Please help me out if you know the solution, cause i’ve been struggling with this for a long time. Thank you so much in advance!