diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a45a34befb..6b8ab0912d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2003-01-12  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
+
+	* src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c
+	(gnucash_sheet_insert_cb): Return the number of characters
+	entered, not the length of the encoded multi-byte string. Possible
+	fix for 99419 and 102057.
+
 2003-01-11  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
 
 	* src/business/business-core/gncBusGuile.[ch]: functions to interface
diff --git a/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c b/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c
index a4c0118061..c662557e2a 100644
--- a/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c
+++ b/src/register/register-gnome/gnucash-sheet.c
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ gnucash_sheet_insert_cb (GtkWidget *widget,
         }
 
         if (*position < 0)
-                *position = strlen (retval);
+                *position = gnc_mbstowcs(NULL, retval);
 
         gtk_entry_select_region (GTK_ENTRY(sheet->entry), start_sel, end_sel);