# How to handle special characters in XML attributes?

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 2, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-handle-special-characters-in-xml-attributes/297461 "2009-10-02T12:30:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-handle-special-characters-in-xml-attributes/297461/1 "2009-10-02T12:30:01Z")

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I have an XML attribute that loads text into Flash and is done so by pulling in an XML attribute value. The problem is that this is a German based xml, and the special characters (ö,ü) in the string are choking the Flash/XML processor.

for example this would be an xml-node attribute

```auto

<menu pageID = "produkte-zubehör" gotoURL="/Produkte/Zubehör">

```

btw:I don’t know for sure if this is a xml or flash error