# Special chars like "ã" followed by an "f"

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-chars-like-a-followed-by-an-f/202756>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 4, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-chars-like-a-followed-by-an-f/202756 "2006-10-04T15:19:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/special-chars-like-a-followed-by-an-f/202756/1 "2006-10-04T15:19:36Z")

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I’m loading text externally from XML… when I use special chars like “ã” that chars shows up followed by an “f”… Why this happens?!

[COLOR=red]check it![/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#ff0000]-------------[/COLOR]  
 ![](http://www.moreagencygroup.com/f.jpg)  
[COLOR=red]-------------[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#ff0000][/COLOR]  
Flash:  
**onLoad(){  
System.useCodePage=true;  
}**

XML:  
**\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8”?\>**

Is something missing?!