The string set using setText() is correctly escaped to make sure no invalid XML can be written out.
However you can use normal java unicode escaping to set your special values. Please try the following instead: element.setText( "\u009D\u0041") > I generate character ASCII from program... You generate UTF-8, not ASCII. Regards, Edwin ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ dom4j-user mailing list dom4j-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dom4j-user
