ExternalInterface and Text Encoding

Hi there:
We're using ExternalInterface to pass data from the Flash
player (in this case, an ActiveX control) into a SWF, and we're
noticing that Unicode characters (e.g., é) are getting mangled
on the way in (e.g., Ã©). Given there's no room for an
XML encoding declaration on the inbound ExternalInterface call
(we're not passing XML as content -- just using XML to declare the
function and parameter names and values), is there property that
needs to be set on the COM object to make sure string data gets
handled as Unicode? Or is there something that needs to be done in
ActionScript to handle them thusly?
Thanks in advance -- hope this makes sense and any help would
be greatly appreciated.
Chris

I would do the values in their html special characters code.
Like isntead of "&" its "&"
There's a list here:
http://www.tntluoma.com/sidebars/codes/
Flex will recognize &, © etc.

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