Name: skT45625 Date: 05/25/2000
java version "1.2.2"
Classic VM (build JDK-1.2.2-W, native threads, symcjit)
Netscape version 4.73, IE version 5.0, Java plug-in version 1.2.2
Internationalized Applets are not possible currently since appletviewer,
Netscape Navigator, and MS Internet Explorer, (both with and without
the 1.2.2 plug-in) all return the installed (?) locale, and not
the one set by the user in the browser.
Appletviewer doesn't even have a method to set the locale.
Related issue: The system property user.language is not set
correctly for Applets either, even if it were not restricted.
(And it shouldn't be, since the language could be determined from
the locale anyway, assuming Sun fixes this.)
Steps to reproduce problem:
Step 1) compile the following Applet:
//Start of Applet
import java.applet.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
public class Bug extends Applet
{ public void paint ( Graphics g )
{ Locale l = this.getLocale();
g.drawString( "current Locale is " + l, 10, 10 );
}
}
//End of Applet
Step 2) Create the following HTML document (in the same directory as the above
.class file):
<!-- Start of HTML -->
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE> Applet Locale Bug Demo </TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
<APPLET CODE="Bug" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="50"> </APPLET></BODY></HTML>
<!-- End of HTML -->
Step 3) If using JRE plug-in with your browser, run HTMLConverter on the
HTML file above.
Step 4) Start up your web browser, and set the Language to French ("fr").
Exactly how this is done depends on the browser. On Windows, using Netscape
use Edit-->Preferences-->Netscape-->Languages. Using IE, use
Tools-->Internet Options-->Languages.
Step 5) Open the HTML file created in Step 2. The Locale should be fr or fr_FR
but will be en_US. It doesn't matter whether or not the plug-in is used,
nor which verion of the browsers are used. This fails on Windows95 and 98.
(As mentioned previously, appletviewer has no method for setting a locale, so
The bug cannot be reproduced with appletviewer.)
(Review ID: 105297)
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- duplicates
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JDK-4698984 RFE: Plugin should set default Locale to the page's locale, instead of system's
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- Closed
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