FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
Java Web Start 11.40.2.25
Using JRE version 1.8.0_40-b25 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Mac OS X 10.9.3 (13D65)

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
Mac Mini Late 2012
Firefox 36.0.1.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Java application launched by unsigned dynamically-generated JNLP will run, but missing user interface features like menus, dialog boxes and response to function keys.

Missing features render application unusable to Mac OS X users.

Normally menus are enabled by setting apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar to true in resources section of JNLP.

As early as September 2010, this property was secure for Mac OS X but insecure for other OS.

This leads me to believe there used to be a special build of Java for Mac OS X, and this issue may be a side-effect of an initiative to unify the codebase.

Maybe incomplete documentation led to oversight because no Apple properties are listed among "The following properties, as well as properties beginning..."

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/javaws/developersguide/syntax.html

POSSIBLE DUPLICATE: JDK-8075070
NOT DUPLICATE: JDK-8024720 (Has workaround, place property near top of resources section)


REGRESSION. Last worked in version 8u31

ADDITIONAL REGRESSION INFORMATION:
Java Web Start 11.31.2.13
Using JRE version 1.8.0_31-b13 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Launch application that needs menus with unsigned JNLP containing resource property apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Application launches and menu interface appears
ACTUAL -
Application launches but missing menu interface.

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
Java Console shows:
Insecure property: (apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar, true) specified in unsigned jnlp file will not be set.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Revert user to prior version of Java 8 update 31 which is not affected.


SUPPORT :
YES