diff --git a/src/gui/qt/qthelper/qthelper.cpp b/src/gui/qt/qthelper/qthelper.cpp
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+++ b/src/gui/qt/qthelper/qthelper.cpp
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+//
+// C++ Implementation: qthelper
+//
+// Description: 
+//
+//
+// Author: FThauer FHammer <webmaster@pokerth.net>, (C) 2007
+//
+// Copyright: See COPYING file that comes with this distribution
+//
+//
+#include "qthelper.h"
+
+QtHelper::QtHelper()
+{
+}
+
+
+QtHelper::~QtHelper()
+{
+}
+
+std::string QtHelper::stringToUtf8(const std::string &myString) {
+
+	QString tmpString = QString::fromStdString(myString);
+	std::string myUtf8String = tmpString.toUtf8().constData();
+	
+	return myUtf8String;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/gui/qt/qthelper/qthelper.h b/src/gui/qt/qthelper/qthelper.h
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+//
+// C++ Interface: qthelper
+//
+// Description: 
+//
+//
+// Author: FThauer FHammer <webmaster@pokerth.net>, (C) 2007
+//
+// Copyright: See COPYING file that comes with this distribution
+//
+//
+#ifndef QTHELPER_H
+#define QTHELPER_H
+
+#include <QtCore>
+/**
+	@author FThauer FHammer <webmaster@pokerth.net>
+*/
+class QtHelper{
+public:
+    QtHelper();
+
+    ~QtHelper();
+
+    std::string stringToUtf8(const std::string &);
+
+};
+
+#endif