Umlauts(Special characters)replacement

Hi
I have the requirement where i need to convert Umlauts(characters of another language like Ö,ü etc) to simple english like oe,ue.
I'm using the following code for conversion.
          String specialChar[]={"Ä","Ö","ö","ü","ä","Ü","
                   String htmlChar[]={"AE","OE","oe","ue","ae","UE","","",""};
                  for(int i=0;i);
If checked in eclipse,this works fine and conversion happens.
However, when i import the code as an archive it converts to:
          String specialChar[]={"�","�","�","�","�","�","
                   String htmlChar[]={"AE","OE","oe","ue","ae","UE","","",""};
                  for(int i=0;i);
The special charaters come as boxes and for some reason no conversion happens.
Can anyone tell me what is the problem and what is the solution to it?

If the problem is only for few characters, then you may use this in the module chain
localejbs/Seeburger/ReplaceString        Local Enterprise Bean          key
Then in module key parameter
key               searchString         "Ue"
key               replaceString        "UE"
Regards,
Prateek

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