Yes, the umlaut "ü" will be seen correctly by all browsers?/! because it's a string and it will be passed literaly. no probs try it, that is test it before you ask. Cheers! ----- Original Message ----- From: thomas.churm at pixelpark.com Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 9:51 AM To: javascript at latech.edu Subject: [Javascript] Special Characters in Alert Boxes hi, when i use the .html special code for umlauts in JavaScript they don't work. for example: alert('\nKein gültiges Email-Adresse!'); returns literally "gültiges". my question is, is it safe to go ahead and use the special characters itself, as in: alert('\nKein gültiges Email-Adresse!'); will the umlaut "ü" be seen correctly by all browsers? is text that is written with pure JavaScript then always simply an ASCII string and is it therefore safe to use these special characters? thanks, tom _______________________________________________ Javascript mailing list Javascript at LaTech.edu http://www.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript<br clear=all><hr>Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at <a href="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</a>.<br></p> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evolt.org/pipermail/javascript/attachments/20010405/8c537ffe/attachment.htm>