Hi All. I'm hoping someone will be able to stop me running round in circles. I've got an application with an edit area control on a form which shows the content of a log file. The log file contains Arabic characters. Now I've got the correct language pack in windows installed I can see these characters correctly, well the screen reader says they're Arabic characters anyway in notepad so they are definitely there. When I read the log file in to my application and look at the content of the variable in the visual studio watch window I can see the correct Arabic characters however when I look at the log in my application window I'm getting nonsense. I guess I've missed a style some ware but nothing I've changed seems to have a good effect. Does anyone know what I need to do so that what I can see in notepad is what is displayed in my application. Any ideas gratefully received. Thanks. Nick. Nick Adamson Software Engineer Advanced Projects and Technology General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited Bryn Brithdir, Oakdale Business Park, Blackwood, South Wales, NP12 4AA Telephone: +44 (0)1495 23 6467 Email: Nick.Adamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Website: www.generaldynamics.uk.com <http://www.generaldynamics.uk.com/> To help reduce waste paper, please only print this email if you really need to.