I found a bug in JDK 1.1.3Beta which Oracle got last Friday.
It prevents Java applets from displaying Japanese characters.
This problem didn't exist in JDK 1.1FCS, 1.1.1FCS, nor 1.1.2FCS.
Here is a test program:
 
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import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
 
public class HelloApplet extends Applet {
  public void paint(Graphics g) {
    g.drawString
      ("\uff7a\uff9d\uff86\uff81\uff8a\u4e16\u754c\uff01", 100, 100);
  }
}
 
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This applet displays Japanese translation of "Hello World !".
It works fine with JDK 1.1.2FCS, but I see only "????????" if
I use JDK 1.1.3Beta which Oracle got last Friday.
 
By the way, I used Japanese WindowsNT4.0 Server.
 
Could you fix this problem please ?
 
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