This problem occurred with merlin beta-refresh build 70 acroos all the tested platforms and both IE and Netscape browsers.
The tested platforms were - win 98, win 2000, sparc 8 & 9 and Redhat7.1

Steps to reproduce -

1. Install the plug-in (merlin beta-refresh build 70).

2. Download the java2D demo from

http://sqesvr.eng.sun.com/deployment3/demos/plugin/merlin/jfc/Java2D/Java2Demo.html.

3. The applet loads up correctly, but it throws the following exception on the console.



java.lang.NumberFormatException: null
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
at java2d.demos.Paint.TextureAnim$DemoControls.actionPerformed(TextureAnim.java:341)
at javax.swing.JComboBox.fireActionEvent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComboBox.contentsChanged(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComboBox.intervalAdded(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractListModel.fireIntervalAdded(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel.addElement(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComboBox.addItem(Unknown Source)
at java2d.demos.Paint.TextureAnim$DemoControls.<init>(TextureAnim.java:308)
at java2d.demos.Paint.TextureAnim.<init>(TextureAnim.java:84)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedConstructorAccessor157.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java2d.DemoPanel.<init>(DemoPanel.java:58)
at java2d.DemoGroup.<init>(DemoGroup.java:87)
at java2d.Java2Demo.<init>(Java2Demo.java:128)
at java2d.Java2DemoApplet.init(Java2DemoApplet.java:109)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)