diff --git a/include/wx/html/helpdata.h b/include/wx/html/helpdata.h
index 72612cf2b1..cf318613f2 100644
--- a/include/wx/html/helpdata.h
+++ b/include/wx/html/helpdata.h
@@ -93,23 +93,23 @@ struct wxHtmlContentsItem
 };
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxSearchEngine
+// wxHtmlSearchEngine
 //                  This class takes input streams and scans them for occurence
 //                  of keyword(s)
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-class WXDLLEXPORT wxSearchEngine : public wxObject
+class WXDLLEXPORT wxHtmlSearchEngine : public wxObject
 {
 public:
-    wxSearchEngine() : wxObject() {m_Keyword = NULL; }
-    ~wxSearchEngine() {if (m_Keyword) delete[] m_Keyword; }
+    wxHtmlSearchEngine() : wxObject() {m_Keyword = NULL; }
+    ~wxHtmlSearchEngine() {if (m_Keyword) delete[] m_Keyword; }
 
     // Sets the keyword we will be searching for
     virtual void LookFor(const wxString& keyword, bool case_sensitive, bool whole_words_only);
 
     // Scans the stream for the keyword.
     // Returns TRUE if the stream contains keyword, fALSE otherwise
-    virtual bool Scan(wxInputStream *stream);
+    virtual bool Scan(const wxFSFile& file);
 
 private:
     wxChar *m_Keyword;
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     wxHtmlHelpData* m_Data;
-    wxSearchEngine m_Engine;
+    wxHtmlSearchEngine m_Engine;
     wxString m_Keyword, m_Name;
     wxChar *m_LastPage;
     wxHtmlContentsItem* m_ContentsItem;
diff --git a/src/html/helpdata.cpp b/src/html/helpdata.cpp
index 9c430b0b06..51d0f334d3 100644
--- a/src/html/helpdata.cpp
+++ b/src/html/helpdata.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "wx/log.h"
 #include "wx/html/htmlpars.h"
 #include "wx/html/htmldefs.h"
+#include "wx/html/htmlfilt.h"
 #include "wx/filename.h"
 
 #include "wx/arrimpl.cpp"
@@ -250,12 +251,10 @@ wxHtmlHelpData::~wxHtmlHelpData()
     }
 }
 
-// defined in htmlfilt.cpp
-void wxPrivate_ReadString(wxString& str, wxInputStream* s, wxMBConv& conv);
-
 bool wxHtmlHelpData::LoadMSProject(wxHtmlBookRecord *book, wxFileSystem& fsys, const wxString& indexfile, const wxString& contentsfile)
 {
     wxFSFile *f;
+    wxHtmlFilterHTML filter;
     wxString buf;
     wxString string;
 
@@ -267,27 +266,31 @@ bool wxHtmlHelpData::LoadMSProject(wxHtmlBookRecord *book, wxFileSystem& fsys, c
     if (f)
     {
         buf.clear();
-        wxPrivate_ReadString(buf, f->GetStream(), wxConvLibc /*FIXME?*/);
+        buf = filter.ReadFile(*f);
         delete f;
         handler->ReadIn(m_Contents, m_ContentsCnt);
         parser.Parse(buf);
         handler->WriteOut(m_Contents, m_ContentsCnt);
     }
     else
+    {
         wxLogError(_("Cannot open contents file: %s"), contentsfile.c_str());
+    }
 
     f = ( indexfile.IsEmpty() ? (wxFSFile*) NULL : fsys.OpenFile(indexfile) );
     if (f)
     {
         buf.clear();
-        wxPrivate_ReadString(buf, f->GetStream(), wxConvLibc /*FIXME?*/);
+        buf = filter.ReadFile(*f);
         delete f;
         handler->ReadIn(m_Index, m_IndexCnt);
         parser.Parse(buf);
         handler->WriteOut(m_Index, m_IndexCnt);
     }
     else if (!indexfile.IsEmpty())
+    {
         wxLogError(_("Cannot open index file: %s"), indexfile.c_str());
+    }
     return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -567,7 +570,6 @@ bool wxHtmlHelpData::AddBook(const wxString& book)
     {
         wxFSFile *fi;
         wxFileSystem fsys;
-        wxInputStream *s;
         wxString bookFull;
 
         wxString title = _("noname"),
@@ -594,13 +596,12 @@ bool wxHtmlHelpData::AddBook(const wxString& book)
             return FALSE;
         }
         fsys.ChangePathTo(bookFull);
-        s = fi->GetStream();
 
         const wxChar *lineptr;
         wxChar linebuf[300];
         wxString tmp;
-
-        wxPrivate_ReadString(tmp, s, wxConvLibc /*FIXME?*/);
+        wxHtmlFilterPlainText filter;
+        tmp = filter.ReadFile(*fi);
         lineptr = tmp.c_str();
 
         do 
@@ -785,7 +786,7 @@ bool wxHtmlSearchStatus::Search()
     file = fsys.OpenFile(m_Data->m_Contents[i].m_Book->GetFullPath(thepage));
     if (file)
     {
-        if (m_Engine.Scan(file->GetStream()))
+        if (m_Engine.Scan(*file))
         {
             m_Name = m_Data->m_Contents[i].m_Name;
             m_ContentsItem = m_Data->m_Contents + i;
@@ -804,10 +805,10 @@ bool wxHtmlSearchStatus::Search()
 
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// wxSearchEngine
+// wxHtmlSearchEngine
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-void wxSearchEngine::LookFor(const wxString& keyword, bool case_sensitive, bool whole_words_only)
+void wxHtmlSearchEngine::LookFor(const wxString& keyword, bool case_sensitive, bool whole_words_only)
 {
     m_CaseSensitive = case_sensitive;
     m_WholeWords = whole_words_only;
@@ -831,16 +832,15 @@ static inline bool WHITESPACE(wxChar c)
     return c == _T(' ') || c == _T('\n') || c == _T('\r') || c == _T('\t');
 }
 
-bool wxSearchEngine::Scan(wxInputStream *stream)
+bool wxHtmlSearchEngine::Scan(const wxFSFile& file)
 {
-    wxASSERT_MSG(m_Keyword != NULL, wxT("wxSearchEngine::LookFor must be called before scanning!"));
+    wxASSERT_MSG(m_Keyword != NULL, wxT("wxHtmlSearchEngine::LookFor must be called before scanning!"));
 
     int i, j;
     int wrd = wxStrlen(m_Keyword);
     bool found = FALSE;
-    wxString tmp;
-    wxPrivate_ReadString(tmp, stream, wxConvLibc); 
-           // FIXME - use wxHtmlFilters instead of wxPrivate_ReadString !!!!!!
+    wxHtmlFilterHTML filter;
+    wxString tmp = filter.ReadFile(file);
     int lng = tmp.length();
     const wxChar *buf = tmp.c_str();
 
diff --git a/src/html/htmprint.cpp b/src/html/htmprint.cpp
index 40b7565107..a2dfa82097 100644
--- a/src/html/htmprint.cpp
+++ b/src/html/htmprint.cpp
@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@ void wxHtmlPrintout::SetHtmlText(const wxString& html, const wxString &basepath,
     m_BasePathIsDir = isdir;
 }
 
-// defined in htmlfilt.cpp
-void wxPrivate_ReadString(wxString& str, wxInputStream* s, wxMBConv& conv);
-
 void wxHtmlPrintout::SetHtmlFile(const wxString& htmlfile)
 {
     wxFileSystem fs;
@@ -283,13 +280,11 @@ void wxHtmlPrintout::SetHtmlFile(const wxString& htmlfile)
         return;
     }
 
-    wxInputStream *st = ff->GetStream();
-    wxString doc;
-    wxPrivate_ReadString(doc, st, wxConvLibc /*FIXME -- use wxHtmlFilter!!*/);
-
-    delete ff;
-
+    wxHtmlFilterHTML filter;
+    wxString doc = filter.ReadFile(*ff);
+    
     SetHtmlText(doc, htmlfile, FALSE);
+    delete ff;
 }