# XML doesn't like French fries

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**Created:** [October 2, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-doesnt-like-french-fries/240413 "2007-10-02T19:38:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-doesnt-like-french-fries/240413/1 "2007-10-02T19:38:16Z")

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Hello - have you had any experience with Special characters like those in French showing up correctly?

The xml is being called from a flash container - but for some reason the special characters shows fine in the xml editor, but is missing when being displayed by the swf…tres horrible!

\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“UTF-8”?\>  
\<menu start=“0” tag=“La technologie au service de meilleurs résultats d’affaires” taglink=“[http://toys1.com/index.html](http://toys1.com/index.html)” clickDrag=“false”\>

```
&lt;section Title="A User’s Guide" NavOver="Business and Technology" color="0xEB5F01" xSpin="0" ySpin="310" cord="p7" tag="singlehead"&gt;
    &lt;COPY CLASS="smallcap" INSET="0" BASESHIFT="-11" WIDTH="330"&gt;

```

Penser autrement:\</COPY\>  
\<COPY CLASS=“superhead” INSET=“0” BASESHIFT="-55" WIDTH=“330”\>  
Guide de l’utilisateur.\</COPY\>  
\<COPY CLASS=“colorbody” INSET=“0” BASESHIFT="-5" WIDTH=“330”\>  
Penser autrement en matière d’affaires et de technologie\</COPY\>  
\<COPY CLASS=“body” INSET=“0” BASESHIFT=“0” WIDTH=“330”\>  
Penser autrement c’est reconnaître que les technologies de l’information sont devenues les technologies d’affaires, et il y a peu de chance que la tendance se renverse.

Any help would be greatly appreciated 🙂

gurl-n-trouble:angel: