function htmlEntities(string)
{
  var chars = new Array ('&','à','á','â','ã','ä','å','æ','ç','è','é',
                         'ê','ë','ì','í','î','ï','ð','ñ','ò','ó','ô',
                         'õ','ö','ø','ù','ú','û','ü','ý','þ','ÿ','À',
                         'Á','Â','Ã','Ä','Å','Æ','Ç','È','É','Ê','Ë',
                         'Ì','Í','Î','Ï','Ð','Ñ','Ò','Ó','Ô','Õ','Ö',
                         'Ø','Ù','Ú','Û','Ü','Ý','Þ','€','\"','ß','<',
                         '>','¢','£','¤','¥','¦','§','¨','©','ª','«',
                         '¬','­','®','¯','°','±','²','³','´','µ','¶',
                         '·','¸','¹','º','»','¼','½','¾', '%');

  var entities = new Array ('amp','agrave','aacute','acirc','atilde','auml','aring',
                            'aelig','ccedil','egrave','eacute','ecirc','euml','igrave',
                            'iacute','icirc','iuml','eth','ntilde','ograve','oacute',
                            'ocirc','otilde','ouml','oslash','ugrave','uacute','ucirc',
                            'uuml','yacute','thorn','yuml','Agrave','Aacute','Acirc',
                            'Atilde','Auml','Aring','AElig','Ccedil','Egrave','Eacute',
                            'Ecirc','Euml','Igrave','Iacute','Icirc','Iuml','ETH','Ntilde',
                            'Ograve','Oacute','Ocirc','Otilde','Ouml','Oslash','Ugrave',
                            'Uacute','Ucirc','Uuml','Yacute','THORN','euro','quot','szlig',
                            'lt','gt','cent','pound','curren','yen','brvbar','sect','uml',
                            'copy','ordf','laquo','not','shy','reg','macr','deg','plusmn',
                            'sup2','sup3','acute','micro','para','middot','cedil','sup1',
                            'ordm','raquo','frac14','frac12','frac34','#37');

  newString = string;
  for (var i = 0; i < chars.length; i++)
  {
    myRegExp = new RegExp();
    myRegExp.compile(chars[i],'g')
    newString = newString.replace (myRegExp, '_and_' + entities[i] + ';');
  }
  return newString;
}