Character Encoding with JOptionPane

[fatabass]

Hi everyone.

I have a small code where I compare 2 files which contain pairs of key's and values.

An example is:

a.txt :
keyone=valueone
keytwo=valuetwo

b.txt :
keyone=somevalue
keytwo=someothervalue
keythree=differentvalue

Now what I do is because keythree is missing in a.txt, I show the user a JOptionPane and ask for the key and the value and write it on a.txt.

My problem is with encoding.

In JOptionPane when I write characters that are not English ( something from UTF - 8 ) I can see the character just fine and it is written in the file ok.
But when the same character is in the message part of the JOptionPane, I can not see the character correctly.

Please see the attached image:



How can I see the characters correct in the text next to the question mark ? Thank you.

[DarrylBurke]

UIManager.put("OptionPane.messageFont", new FontUIResource(/*some Font that can display the characters*/));

Font#canDisplayUpTo(...) can help you identify a suitable Font.

db

[fatabass]

Thank you for your help.

This is what I have tried:

UIManager.put("JOptionPane.messageFont", new FontUIResource(new Font("UTF-8",1,12)));
                String str = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("\"" +  key + "\"" + " found in (" + baseLocale + ") is missing in (" + targetLocale+")\n"+
                                                         "Translation in (" + baseLocale + ") for this key is: \"" + baseProperties.get(key)+"\"\n"+
                                                         "Enter desired translation for (" + targetLocale + ") for this key:");

But it did not work?

[DarrylBurke]

Huh? Do you have a Font on your system named UTF-8? I certainly don't.

Also, don't use magic numbers in any situation where you should be using class constants. The constants Font.PLAIN, Font.BOLD etc are there for you to use -- so use them.

db