[Ketho]

I also remember some workaround to set the text on a frame and get it back again

local b = CreateFrame("Button")
 
local function PlainText(s)
    return b:GetText(b:SetText(s))
end

Edit: nvm, only seems to work for the ui escape sequences with format strings :s
http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...php?t=36884#12