Name: mc57594 Date: 03/13/97


Unicode text printed with System.out.println in application run
with java prints text using iso-8859-2 charset not CP-852 used by
Command Prompt in Windows.

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One of our licensees has this to add....

The problem I am encountering is that the java environment has the
encoding (file.encoding systems property) to be 8859_1. The DOS
console thinks it is Cp850.
When the tool prints the UNICODE character \u00D6, the java environment
converts it to code point D6 in the 8859_1 codepage. When it is
displayed on the DOS console, it is an the D6 codepoint of the 850 table.
I checked the javasoft "bugParade" finding two relevant
bugs , 4038677 and 4080134. 4038677 is my exact problem except that
this person encountered it using 8859_2 and Cp852. Neither of the bug
reports offer work around or have any reply from javasoft.
This is a big problem for me.

- mick.fleming