Handling European Characters correctly?

I am running Oracle Parallel server 8.1.7 on Compaq Tru64 UNIX. The client is on Windows 2000.
When I type European Characters (like "v d e V D E" ) in a text field as a value using DBA studio, the string is converted into "o a ? O A ?".
It looks like ASCII 8 bit characters are changed to ASCII 7 bit characters.
How do I correct this problem?
The same problem shows up in my s/w using MFC layers.
Thanks in advance.
Neeraj

hi Mufiza,
what do you mean the characters are not displayed...is the entire field not showing up or just certain characters are not displayed properly.
if certain characters are not displayed properly, is this happening in a web viewer or in the crystal reports designer.
the first thing you should do is ensure that you are using a unicode font such as arial ms unicode for your fields and formulae on the report. also ensure that it is a font that most of your end users would have installed...arial ms unicode should be very safe.
cheers,
jamie

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