--- a/dwt/dwthelper/utils.d	Tue Dec 23 00:35:24 2008 +0100
+++ b/dwt/dwthelper/utils.d	Tue Dec 23 22:21:02 2008 +0100
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 public import Math = tango.math.Math;
 
 public import tango.core.Exception : IllegalArgumentException, IOException, PlatformException;
+public import tango.text.convert.Utf;
 
 import tango.io.Stdout;
 
@@ -537,6 +538,14 @@
     return cont[ offset .. offset+len ].dup;
 }
 
+String new_String(String cont){
+    return cont.dup;
+}
+
+String new_String(wchar[] cont){
+    return cont.toString16();
+}
+
 public String toUpperCase( String str ){
     return tango.text.Unicode.toUpper( str );
 }