Hi,

I am using VB6 to generate XML documents.  My application reads in
text (line by line) from templates (i.e. text files that are saved as
.xml files, in ANSI encoding).

I create the output as a text file with a .xml extension after parsing
the templates, using Scripting.TextStream.  I need the output XML
files to be saved with "UTF-8" encoding.  When I produce the output
XML files, I specify in the declaration:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

My problem is that I am unable to save the ouput as UTF-8.  When I
open the output file in Notepad and select Save As, the current
encoding is still ANSI.  If I open the output file and save it as (All
Files) --> UTF-8, this DOES save it in the correct encoding.  I know
this becoause I can then open this file again and if I select Save As,
the current encoding is now UTF-8.

I need to be able to save as UTF-8 programmatically as my application
is a scheduled service.  Getting the customer to open the output file
in Notepad and then Save As UTF-8 is an option, but not a
feasible/practical one. I have attempted to use the DOMDocument, i.e.
load the output file into this object and then save it again (as I
heard that the .save method saves as UTF-8).  However, this is still
saving the output as ANSI (I checked using Notepad).

I appreciate any advice / guidance on how to tackle this problem. 
Thanks.

Jimmy