# Help with XML special characters in Flash

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-xml-special-characters-in-flash/280626
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [January 29, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-xml-special-characters-in-flash/280626 "2009-01-29T17:18:10Z")
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### Author: ![hailflex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@hailflex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hailflex)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-xml-special-characters-in-flash/280626/1 "2009-01-29T17:18:10Z")

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Hello,

I’m having some problems with special characters like á ã ç í in a xml file, loaded from a flash file. The result text appears without these characters like:

Original: Acentuação rápida  
Result: Acentuao rpida

the XML is saved as UTF-8 encoding and its structure is like this:

```auto

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<content Name="NEWS">
    <article Thumb="news/thumb1.jpg" Large ="news/large1.jpg">
        <date>28 de janeiro de 2009</date>
        <copy_intro><![CDATA[Acentuação rápida.]]></copy_intro>
    </article>

    
</content>

```

The font used in the flash file is Arial, which accepts such characters. Can someone help me with this problem?