IZ51272: FONTUIRESOURCES CREATED WITH FALLBACKS DON'T WORK WITH DERIVEFON T

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Error Message: If you try to derive your font using the Windows
  Look and Feel on a font obtained from a Swing UI component, your
  Asian
  characters will appear as square boxes, if you are running with
  an IBM JDK 1.5 on a non-Japanese OS
  .
  Stack Trace: N/A
  .
  It is perfectly working with IBM JDK 1.6 and Sun JDKs 1.5 (>
  1.5_07) and 1.6
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• FontUIResources created with fallbacks don't work with
  deriveFont
  If you try to derive your font using the Windows Look and Feel
  on a font obtained from a Swing UI component, your Asian
  characters will appear as square boxes, if you are running with
  an IBM JDK 1.5 on a non-Japanese OS
  

Problem conclusion

• This defect will be fixed in:
  5.0.0 SR12
  .
  The JVM has been updated to prevent this inappropriate behavior
  .
  To obtain the fix:
  Install build 20100513 or later
  

Temporary fix

• N/A
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  JAVA 5 CLASS LI

• Fixed component ID

  620500130

Applicable component levels

• R500 PSN

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