I had a similar problem when trying to send German characters from my flex app to an email API. I resolved it by encoding the characters before sending it to the server and decoding it at the server. Perhaps this method will work for you?
I believe I used encodeURI Keith On Aug 28, 2013 6:05 PM, "manitas manitas" <manitas0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your answer. > > I have just test to put an accent directly in the trace function like this > : trace("é"); > And there is the same encoding issue so it should not be a problem from the > TextInput. > > You said I can't rely on the trace function but this encoding problem also > appears when I directly the "é" to a remote server using the POST method of > an URLRequest. > > I'm completely stucked, do you have any idea how to investigate further ? > > > 2013/8/28 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> > > > trace() is a low-level Flash debugger feature. I'm not sure you can rely > > on it regarding character sets. > > > > On 8/28/13 1:56 PM, "manitas manitas" <manitas0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >I'm using the apache flex 4.10 sdk to develop an Adobe Air desktop app > for > > >Windows. > > > > > >I have a problem with special characters and accents. > > > > > >In fact all my mxml file starts with the following line : > > ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > > > > >but when I try to get the text of a spark TextInput and trace it in the > > >output console or send it to a remote server there is a problem of > charset > > >encoding. > > > > > >For example if I type "é" in the TextInput the display is ok in the app > > >but > > >if I get and trace the text of this TextInput I have this : é > > > > > >I don't know what I'm missing and where to find the encoding > configuration > > >for my app. > > > > > >Thanks in advance for your help. > > > > > >Best regards > > > > >