Part 1 of issue 4276. I principle same patch as for branch, but adapeted to trunk.

svn: r15959

src/gui/plug/report/_reportdialog.py

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ from _stylecombobox import StyleComboBox
 from _styleeditor import StyleListDisplay
 from _fileentry import FileEntry
 from const import URL_MANUAL_PAGE
-
+import Utils
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # Private Constants
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ class ReportDialog(ManagedWindow.ManagedWindow):
         to tell the calling routine to give up.  This function also
         saves the current directory so that any future reports will
         default to the most recently used directory."""
-        self.target_path = self.target_fileentry.get_full_path(0)
+        self.target_path = Utils.get_unicode_path_from_file_chooser(self.target_fileentry.get_full_path(0))
         if not self.target_path:
             return None