UNICODE text

Hello,

I am trying to upload some UNICODE text from an excel sheet into a UNICODE SAP system. It is done through a Visual Basic program and RFC.

I pass on the UNICODE string but it does not show up properly in SAP. A few things that I am not able to figure out:

1. Do I need a byte order mark (like FF FE for UTF-16) before my UNICODE data?

2. Do I need some specific settings in SAP logon related to "Language preferences" or "Encoding for Upload/Download"

BTW, I tried and was able to simply copy UNICODE text from excel and paste it on my SAP text field.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.