Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Main/webservice/vboxweb.cpp
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Main/webservice/vboxweb.cpp	(revision 31191)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Main/webservice/vboxweb.cpp	(revision 31192)
@@ -253,7 +253,10 @@
          * which is important to avoid a client from holding a thread indefinitely.
          * http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soapdoc2.html#sec:keepalive
+         *
+         * Strings with 8-bit content can hold ASCII (default) or UTF8. The latter is
+         * possible by enabling the SOAP_C_UTFSTRING flag.
          */
-        soap_set_omode(m_soap, SOAP_IO_KEEPALIVE);
-        soap_set_imode(m_soap, SOAP_IO_KEEPALIVE);
+        soap_set_omode(m_soap, SOAP_IO_KEEPALIVE|SOAP_C_UTFSTRING);
+        soap_set_imode(m_soap, SOAP_IO_KEEPALIVE|SOAP_C_UTFSTRING);
         m_soap->max_keep_alive = g_cMaxKeepAlive;