# Special characters / URL encoding

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-url-encoding/62038>\
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**Created:** [August 24, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-url-encoding/62038 "2004-08-24T11:32:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![stewart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@stewart](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stewart)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-characters-url-encoding/62038/1 "2004-08-24T11:32:31Z")

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strange, but maybe someone can explain this:

i’m importing text from an external .txt file into flash, so i can easily update the content without opening the .fla files.  
nothing special.

!!! BUT: i don’t want to type %26 etc for special characters in the .txt file.

i tried this two methods:

1. if i use the “System.useCodePage= true;” method to encode special characters like é and ü in Flash MX it only works in the exported swf document, but not when the swf is embedded in a html file.

2. if i use the “UTF-8” method combined with the “#include document” (like explained here [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/international\_characters.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/international_characters.htm) ) all special characters are displayed okay, also when the swf is embedded in a html file.

the strange thing here is that when i change the text in the .txt file using method 2, the old text is displayed in the swf. even when i delete the browser cache etc.

anyone with a good solution?

thanks!