Convert a XML Document to byte with Portuguese Characters

[jorgeabreu]

Hi guys,

i have this piece of code, that convert my XML Documento to Bytes.
private byte[] ConvertToBytes(string str)
{
byte[] data = null;

if (str != null)
data = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(str);
return data;
}

When i see the document, it just eats the Portuguese characters (p.e ç,ã, é...)
I've read a lots of documents and seems me that it could be the Encoding Type
So i tried this:

private byte[] ConvertToBytes(string str)
{
byte[] data = null;

System.Text.UnicodeEncoding encoding = new System.Text.UnicodeEncoding();

if (str != null)
encoding.EncodingName.Equals("ISO-8859-1");
data = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(str);
return data;
}

But don't solve my Problem, Have you any ideas?

kind regards
Jorge