Registered Symbol Problem with Flash Mailto Link

Question

The problem I'm having is an extra  Chracter being added before the ® symbol in the body of an email created from a mailto: link in flash. This only happens on the PC in MS Outlook

Instead of: MasterCard®!

It shows up as

MasterCard®!

The code in flash AS3:

var req = new URLRequest("mailto:");
var variables = new URLVariables();
variables.body="Blah Blah Blah MasterCard®!";
variables.subject="Make some music!";
req.data = variables;
req.method = URLRequestMethod.GET;

addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClick);

function onClick(e:MouseEvent) {
        navigateToURL(req, "_self");
    }
}

This works fine on the mac with mac mail.

Answer 1

the problem is you are changing the encoding of the text make sure that what you are sending it to is working in the same encoding as you are sending.

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