Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php
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--- t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php	(revision 4691)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php	(working copy)
@@ -603,9 +603,13 @@
 	 */
 	public static function fixed_lgd_cs($string,$chars)	{
 		if (is_object($GLOBALS['LANG']))	{
-			return $GLOBALS['LANG']->csConvObj->crop($GLOBALS['LANG']->charSet,$string,$chars,'...');
+			return $GLOBALS['LANG']->csConvObj->crop($GLOBALS['LANG']->charSet, $string, $chars, '...');
+		} elseif (is_object($GLOBALS['TSFE']))	{
+			return $GLOBALS['TSFE']->csConvObj->crop($GLOBALS['TSFE']->charSet, $string, $chars, '...');  
 		} else {
-			return t3lib_div::fixed_lgd($string, $chars);
+				// this case should not happen
+			$csConvObj = t3lib_div::makeInstance('t3lib_cs');
+			return $csConvObj->crop('iso-8859-1', $string, $chars, '...');
 		}
 	}