something sluggish, like? s:='utf8 string with german umlauts'; s2:=UTF8Encode(WideLowerCase(UTF8Decode(s)));
I'd suggest to use WideStrings for the internal processing. thanks, dmitry -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus