from the msdn docs for SelectedValue: "Note: This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 1.1 of the .NET Framework. " which means that the host that it doesn't work on... is running .net 1.0.

Nope, I can see chinese text on the web, although I don't have chinese installed on my computer. So you 2 statements are totally right. When user comes to Japanese page for example, he will be prompted to download the Japanese characters and after that will be able to see the text with no problems Philip Patrick "Two beer or not two beer?" (Shakesbeer) Web-site: www.saintopatrick.com