Thanks for the help but I'm still unable to get it to work even after adding the BOM, although I am learning along the way

I'm now using both TextPad and NotePad++ (with plugin) to view the codes for the output file (accentTestOutput.xml). I've also run it on both my work and home pc's - both running Windows.

After running the code provided by almut I'm still not seeing C3 A9 as the hex code for the e-acute. TextPad is displaying an E9 code and NotePad++ EF BF BD. It also looks as if the BOM is not there, I am unable to see the code EF BB BF at the start of the file (which is what I should see right?).

Using the package UTF8BOM to insert the BOM I can see the BOM is there in both cases (TextPad and NotePad++) due to seeing EF BB BF at the start of the file. However both programs now display E9 as the code for the e-acute not the C3 A9 I'm looking for.

Incidently at no point have I been able to open the output file in Internet Explorer, It complains of an invalid character at the point of the e-acute.

Here's the output after trying to insert the BOM using

 print $fh "\x{feff}";

TextPad

       
 0: 3C 3F 78 6D 6C 20 76 65  72 73 69 6F 6E 3D 22 31  <?xml version="1
10: 2E 30 22 20 65 6E 63 6F  64 69 6E 67 3D 22 55 54  .0" encoding="UT
20: 46 2D 38 22 3F 3E 0D 0A  3C 54 45 53 54 3E 20 E9  F-8"?>..<TEST> é
30: 20 3C 2F 54 45 53 54 3E  0D 0A                     </TEST>..

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NotePad++

       
3c 3f 78 6d 6c 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 3d 22 31
2e 30 22 20 65 6e 63 6f 64 69 6e 67 3d 22 55 54
46 2d 38 22 3f 3e 0d 0a 3c 54 45 53 54 3e 20 ef
bf bd 20 3c 2f 54 45 53 54 3e 0d 0a

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Here's the output after trying to insert the BOM using the UTF8BOM perl package using

UTF8BOM->insert_into_file('c:\\accentTestOutPut.xml');

You can see the BOM code at the begining of the file

TextPad

       
0: EF BB BF 3C 3F 78 6D 6C  20 76 65 72 73 69 6F 6E  <?xml version
10: 3D 22 31 2E 30 22 20 65  6E 63 6F 64 69 6E 67 3D  ="1.0" encoding=
20: 22 55 54 46 2D 38 22 3F  3E 0D 0A 3C 54 45 53 54  "UTF-8"?>..<TEST
30: 3E 20 E9 20 3C 2F 54 45  53 54 3E 0D 0A           > é </TEST>..

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NotePad++

       
ef bb bf 3c 3f 78 6d 6c 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e
3d 22 31 2e 30 22 20 65 6e 63 6f 64 69 6e 67 3d
22 55 54 46 2d 38 22 3f 3e 0d 0a 3c 54 45 53 54
3e 20 e9 20 3c 2f 54 45 53 54 3e 0d 0a

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I'm at the edge of what I know so don't really know where to go from here. I appreciate the help you given, any other ideas? If I've missed out some info that may be useful let me know.

In reply to Re^4: XML:: DOM and Accented Characters by freeflyer
in thread XML:: DOM and Accented Characters by freeflyer

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