Thanks Devin & Richmond, Devin wrote : > You could try using an en-dash instead of a hyphen. I have no idea what an en-dash is (nor does my dictionary). can you please explain it to me , Devin? Richmond wrote : >Try Hex 2013 / Decimal 8211 >set the useUnicode to true This works fine and also will overcome the platform differences. Great. Greetings, Beat