Hi there, I tried to pass a double-byte string to a Word.Application COM. I found the Chinese string is converted to something strange. But it works fine if the string is simple alphanumeric charaters. I doubt that I should use some function like AddSlashes. Anyone have any comments? Regards, Richard Hsiao -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]