Ok, I thought I had it solved. IME errors and all Error: gb2312: Forbidden Char: 0097 Not so. Here's what I ahve done Moved to a 'clean' PC that is as bog standard as you can get with 98 running on it. Installed NJStar the Asian language handler. No windows native Asian language IMEs installed. As I say. Standard, clean installation. Entered RACE.cgi In the [Original Domain Name] field and entered "hanyu.com" with Encoding set to Simplified Chinese. Press encoding, and it all works, encoding the Characters as it should, returning bq--3bwetc7n.com fine - print it out. [Back] to the input screen, and change the [Original Doman Name] to 'libai.com" (as in the famous Chinese poet Li Bai). Press encoding, and ...... Error: gb2312: Forbidden Char: 0097 [Back] to the input screen, and change the [Original Domain Name] to "huahua.com" (as in languagelanguage.com) Press encoding, and it all works, returning bq--nreus.com [Back] to the input screen, and change the [Original Doman Name] to 'beijing.com" (as in the city of, Beijing). Press encoding, and ...... Error: gb2312: Forbidden Char: 0096 <------------ note different number..... [Back] to the input screen, and change the [Original Domain Name] to "yugan.com" (as in surnamegivenname or 'fish out of water'.com) Press encoding, and it KIND of works, returning bq--3cohyxts.com Which is actually "yu .... something?.com" [Back] to the input screen, and change the [Original Doman Name] to 'shanghai.com" (as in the city of, Shanghai). Press encoding, and ...... Error: gb2312: Forbidden Char: 008f <------------ note different number..... one last attempt... In the [Original Domain Name] field and entered "hanyu.com" with Encoding set to Simplified Chinese. Press encoding, and it all works, encoding the Characters as it should, returning bq--3bwetc7n.com So basically what it comes down to is this. What's up doc? I can hardly go live with this? Bob
