--- 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 );

 }