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About encoding in external XML files

You cannot change the encoding of an XML file by changing the encoding tag. The Flash Player 6 identifies the encoding of an external XML file using the same rules as with all external files: if no byte order mark is encountered at the beginning of the file, the file is assumed to be in UTF-8 encoding. If a byte order mark is encountered, the file is interpreted as UTF-16BE or LE. See Unicode encoding formats supported by the Flash Player 6.