--- player/app/plugin/hxbackend.cpp	Mon Mar 19 14:45:03 2007
+++ player/app/plugin/hxbackend.cpp	Mon Mar 19 16:49:02 2007
@@ -72,4 +72,5 @@
 #include <nsIComponentManager.h>
 #include <nsIDOMWindow.h>
+#include <nsStringAPI.h>
 
 #define EXIT_CODE_UNKNOWN          0
@@ -710,17 +702,13 @@
     if(instance)
     {
-        PRUnichar *pUnicodeTitle = NULL;
-        PRUnichar *pUnicodeMessage = NULL;
-
         NPN_GetValue(instance, NPNVDOMWindow, &pDomWindow);
 
-        if(m_pPromptService && m_pUConv && m_pMemory && pDomWindow)
-        {
-            m_pUConv->ConvertToUnicode("Helix DNA Plugin Error", &pUnicodeTitle);
-            m_pUConv->ConvertToUnicode(szError, &pUnicodeMessage);
-        }
-
-        if(pUnicodeTitle && pUnicodeMessage && m_pPromptService && m_pMemory && pDomWindow)
+        if(m_pPromptService && m_pMemory && pDomWindow)
         {        
+            nsString UnicodeMessage, UnicodeTitle;
+
+	    NS_CStringToUTF16(nsCString(szError), NS_CSTRING_ENCODING_ASCII, UnicodeMessage);
+	    NS_CStringToUTF16(nsCString("Helix DNA Plugin Error"), NS_CSTRING_ENCODING_ASCII, UnicodeTitle);
+
             /* Cancel the callback timer while the alert dialog is up to
                prevent a race (eg, the timer callback can call Shutdown(),
@@ -730,5 +718,5 @@
             StopCallbackTimer();
             
-            m_pPromptService->Alert(pDomWindow, pUnicodeTitle, pUnicodeMessage);
+            m_pPromptService->Alert(pDomWindow, UnicodeTitle.get(), UnicodeMessage.get());
 
             if(bRestartCallbackTimer)