--- basic/source/runtime/methods1.cxx.orig	2006-09-25 15:08:52.212974746 +0400
+++ basic/source/runtime/methods1.cxx	2006-09-25 15:49:15.378985099 +0400
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@
 
 		if ( strnicmp( pCompare, lpszEnv, nCompareLen ) == 0 )
 		{
-			aResult = (const char*)(lpszEnv+nCompareLen);
+			aResult = String::UniString( (const char*)(lpszEnv+nCompareLen), gsl_getSystemTextEncoding() );
 			rPar.Get(0)->PutString( aResult );
 			return;
 		}
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@
 	ByteString aByteStr( rPar.Get(1)->GetString(), gsl_getSystemTextEncoding() );
 	const char* pEnvStr = getenv( aByteStr.GetBuffer() );
 	if ( pEnvStr )
-		aResult = String::CreateFromAscii( pEnvStr );
+		aResult =  String::UniString( pEnvStr, gsl_getSystemTextEncoding());
 #endif
 	rPar.Get(0)->PutString( aResult );
 }