<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Yes, the umlaut "ü" will be seen correctly by all browsers?/!</DIV> <DIV>because it's a string and it will be passed literaly. no probs try it, that is test it before you ask.</DIV> <DIV>Cheers!<BR></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; FONT-COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> thomas.churm@pixelpark.com</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 01, 2001 9:51 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> javascript@latech.edu</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Javascript] Special Characters in Alert Boxes</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>hi,<BR><BR>when i use the .html special code for umlauts in JavaScript they don't<BR>work.<BR><BR>for example:<BR>alert('\nKein g&uuml;ltiges Email-Adresse!');<BR>returns literally "g&uuml;ltiges".<BR><BR>my question is, is it safe to go ahead and use the special characters<BR>itself, as in:<BR>alert('\nKein gültiges Email-Adresse!');<BR><BR>will the umlaut "ü" be seen correctly by all browsers? is text that<BR>is written with pure JavaScript then always simply an ASCII string and<BR>is it therefore safe to use these special characters?<BR><BR>thanks,<BR>tom<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Javascript mailing list<BR>Javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>http://www.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript<BR> <DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML><DIV><BR><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></DIV>