So, I updated Xtreams-Transforms to fit Cincom public store version 52. Then I added Xtreams-SqueakTextConverter to provide a DialectConverter. I didn't name it Xtreams-SqueakEncoder because I'd like to let room for cleaner classes. I didn't make any effort to support backup/restore State My version can now execute: (((ByteArray new writing encoding: 'utf8') nextPutAll: 'àé'; conclusion) reading encoding: 'utf8') rest Cheers Nicolas