Characters not translating in flash from ext DB

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I have flash set up to read an external .jsp file.

the problem is that this jsp file contains names with chars such as “&” and “™” among others. when flash loads this file it halts when it hits those chars. does anyone know how to fix this problem?

my flash code is as follows.


text1.htmlText = true;
unicodeData = new LoadVars();
unicodeData.source = "[http://localhost:8080/testingground/instructionslist.jsp](http://localhost:8080/testingground/instructionslist.jsp)";
unicodeData.load(unicodeData.source);
unicodeData.onLoad = function() {
 _root.text1.htmlText = _root.unicodeData.myMonth;
};