Flash and html

Hi all,
I have button, that opens an external text file. Im have some Html in that text file as well. I have to implement some french in it as well. Specifially some letters with accents. Inorder to put accents in html, i have write & sign there. But everytime i write the & sign, everything after the & sign disappears in the final output text. Can anyone help me, how can i place some accents in my text file. Thanks,

Cheers,
R