Re: If it aint broken , don't fix it!

I've been thinking: Exactly what went wrong, and should it really?

If I develop a Java application on my Mac and by "mistake" include some 
MacOSRoman encoded resource file; will that application not run on any 
other platform (other than Mac)?

Why did the whole application crash, why not just some screwed up 
characters in the GUI?

/Anders

Hsu wrote:
> Annoying, I belive that it is different. The JDK installs the devkit + 
> JRE + "international support" of some kind. The JRE by itself isn't 
> sufficient (last I checked, which was a year or so ago) for WO.
>
> Karl
>
> On Feb 4, 2007, at 7:37 AM, Anders Peterson wrote:
>
>> Hi Karl,
>>
>> Aha, that's probably it then. Currently there is a J2SE Development 
>> Kit 5.0 update 8, and a matching public JRE, installed. This is what 
>> was there before I did anything. I'm sure the offer to upgrade only 
>> applied to the public JRE.
>>
>> Is the public JRE different depending on if you install an SDK or 
>> not? The application is running on the system's default VM which is 
>> the one that is part of the public JRE.
>>
>> /Anders
>>
>> Hsu wrote:
>>> Did you install the full JDK, or just the JRE? MacRoman support only 
>>> exists in the JDK (or the JRE + "International" package of some sort).
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>> On Feb 3, 2007, at 7:49 AM, Anders Peterson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I passed by the office today and caused a problem...
>>>>
>>>> There is a test server running Windows XP Professional with Java 5 
>>>> and WO 5.2.4 installed. The deployed WO application is built on Mac 
>>>> using WOLips and WebObjects 5.3 and built/deployed with embedded 
>>>> frameworks. Until today everything worked just fine.
>>>>
>>>> When I logged in to the test server today I was informed about 
>>>> available updates to both Windows XP (including a new version of 
>>>> IE) and Java (update 10). For some reason I accepted to install 
>>>> these, and now the WebObjects application that was already 
>>>> installed and running wont function. It seems the application 
>>>> throws an java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException: 
>>>> NSMacOSRomanStringEncoding
>>>> whenever it should display anything in a browser. It seems to 
>>>> function ok as long as it doesn't have to show a gui.
>>>>
>>>> I'm guessing the problem is the Java update, but before I start 
>>>> un/reinstalling I'd like to know if anyone have experienced a 
>>>> similar problem?
>>>>
>>>> /Anders
>>>>
>>>> INFO - Problem: com.webobjects.foundation.NSForwardException 
>>>> [java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException] NSMacOSRomanStringEncoding
>>>>
>>>> INFO -
>>>>
>>>> INFO - com.webobjects.foundation.NSForwardException for 
>>>> java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException: NSMacOSRomanStringEncoding
>>>>
>>>>     at sun.io.Converters.getConverterClass(Unknown Source)
>>>>
>>>>     at sun.io.Converters.newConverter(Unknown Source)
>>>>
>>>>     at sun.io.ByteToCharConverter.getConverter(Unknown Source)
>>>>
>>>>     at java.lang.StringCoding.decode(Unknown Source)
>>>>
>>>>     at java.lang.String.<init>(Unknown Source)
>>>>
>>>>     at java.lang.String.<init>(Unknown Source)
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver._private.WOComponentDefinition.readWoDeclaration(WOComponentDefinition.java:340) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver._private.WOComponentDefinition.template(WOComponentDefinition.java:279) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver.WOComponent.templateWithName(WOComponent.java:597) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver.WOComponent.template(WOComponent.java:507)
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver.WOComponent.appendToResponse(WOComponent.java:982) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver.WOSession.appendToResponse(WOSession.java:1200) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at er.extensions.ERXSession.appendToResponse(ERXSession.java:528)
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver.WOApplication.appendToResponse(WOApplication.java:1418) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> er.extensions.ERXApplication.appendToResponse(ERXApplication.java:968)
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver._private.WOComponentRequestHandler._dispatchWithPreparedPage(WOComponentRequestHandler.java:230) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver._private.WOComponentRequestHandler._dispatchWithPreparedSession(WOComponentRequestHandler.java:287) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver._private.WOComponentRequestHandler._dispatchWithPreparedApplication(WOComponentRequestHandler.java:322) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver._private.WOComponentRequestHandler._handleRequest(WOComponentRequestHandler.java:358) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver._private.WOComponentRequestHandler.handleRequest(WOComponentRequestHandler.java:435) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver.WOApplication.dispatchRequest(WOApplication.java:1306) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> er.extensions.ERXApplication.dispatchRequest(ERXApplication.java:1001)
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver._private.WOWorkerThread.runOnce(WOWorkerThread.java:173) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at 
>>>> com.webobjects.appserver._private.WOWorkerThread.run(WOWorkerThread.java:254) 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
>>>>
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