Hello, I have a problem using foreign languages in my application. I wrote an application that receives input from the user (it's a broweser interface). the input may be of any language that the user's computer supports. I am send the input to a servlet to be processed. The input gets to the servlet in a unicode form: %u1500;%u1501; an so forth... I would like to take this string (of 2 characters) and use it has an input to another console application. I have a problem converting the unicode string into the appropriate string that the console application expects. The console application can accept strings of any alphabet supported by the computer. could anyone give me a lead? I am stuck on this for quiet a long time, now sincerely nir