java.lang.NullPointerException: null peer in 1.1.8_001 and 1.1.8_001

java.lang.NullPointerException: null peer in 1.1.8_001 and 1.1.8_001 worked OK in 1.1.8 FCS .

Get the error

java.lang.NullPointerException: null peer
        at sun.awt.windows.WFramePeer.getMinimumSize(WFramePeer.java:26)
        at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.getPreferredSize(WComponentPeer.java:128)
        at sun.awt.windows.WComponentPeer.preferredSize(WComponentPeer.java:370)
        at java.awt.Component.preferredSize(Component.java:1022)
        at java.awt.Container.preferredSize(Container.java:564)
        at java.awt.Container.getPreferredSize(Container.java:546)
        at java.awt.Window.pack(Window.java:126)
        at esdi.polcmd.PcLoginDlg.<init>(PcLoginDlg.java:100)
        at esdi.polcmd.PcAppWrapper.initializeObject(PcAppWrapper.java:224)
        at esdi.polcmd.PolCmd.init(PolCmd.java:101)
        at esdi.polcmd.PolCmd.main(PolCmd.java:86)

All of these programs work fine with the production release of jdk1.1.8.


Customer is puting a test case together. The error can be seen by running
his applet after installing Java 1.1.8_001 or 1.1.8_002.

Thanks for your patience and persistence. I've got an applet on the Web that should illustrate the problem with the JDK1.1.8 patch you sent me. The Applet uses the java plugin, so you should make your plugin point to the patched jre that came with the JDK.


    http://139.142.213.131/stuart/dsttst/dsttstproj.html

The program itself is an adaptation of a green-screen AS/400 program with
aditional hyperlinks and graphics. You can log on to the system using the user id JAVA and the password JAVA.

The was done from Netscape Communicator 4.6 and 4.7