spaces between each character?

[Todd Geist]

Hello,

I am loading an xml file into a field using "put URL"  but there are
spaces bewteen each character. I know this has something to do with
the encoding, but I don't know what to do about it


here is my script

  answer File "pick"
    put  "file:"& it into tURL
    put URL tURL into field "field"

here is what the text looks like in the field

"˛ˇ < ? x m l   v e r s i o n = " 1 . 0 "   e n c o d i n g = " U T F - 8 " ? >
 < p r o j e c t s >
     < p r o j e c t >
"

etc. etc.


Any ideas

TIA

Todd