# System.useCodepage that bad?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/system-usecodepage-that-bad/51493>\
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**Created:** [May 13, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/system-usecodepage-that-bad/51493 "2004-05-13T13:13:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ghjr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dec6dc/32.png) [@ghjr](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ghjr)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/system-usecodepage-that-bad/51493/1 "2004-05-13T13:13:43Z")

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I was having troubles loading some ASP variables into flash because they contained international characters (á, ã, ó). I tried using the server.URLencode(variable) asp function and saving as UTF-8 but none of this seemed to help me out.

I have read in many different places ([moock.org for example](http://www.moock.org/asdg/technotes/againstUseCodePage/)) that System.useCodepage=true; should be avoided whenever possible, but in this case it fixed my problem. So I am wondering, is there a way around this(changing the code page) or should I leave it as it is? How bad is this?

Thanks,  
ghjr