Displaying Korean in Frame style standalone application

Question

I have desktop application and its user interface implemented in Frame class. I want to display/enter text in korean lang. I have
res-ko_KR.properties file contains korean equivalent texts. I also used native2scii with UTF-16 encoding on the prop file. However application doesn't show korean text. The app is running on Windows 2000 regular english edition and has korean fonts and IME installed.
Do I have to set font to Frame object or something like that?
I read on Font.Properties but just couldn't summerize how to use it and not sure if this a way to approach my problem.

Answer 1

I'm not sure why "Java in a nutshell" would say it's complex or confusing. But then that's the only O'Reilly book I've bought and didn't like. I prefer Bruce Eckel's "Thinking In Java"
In any case, let's look at images:
First, reference the "How to use Images" sectin of the Java Tutorial at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/icon.html
The way I'd do it is to construct an ImageIcon class using
public ImageIcon(String filename)
Now, ImageIcon and Image are not derived from Component, so you can't put them into a Frame. BUT, you can put a JLable into a JFrame and the JLable can have an image. So you construct a new JLable like this:
ImageIcon myIcon = new ImageIcon("/images/duke.gif")
JLabel myLabel = new JLabel(myIcon);
Then put myLabel into your JFrame
myJFrame.getContentPane().add(myLabel);
(or put it in whatever layout manager and panel you are using within yoru JFrame)
That should do it. If you're going to be putting your code into a jar file then there is an additional bit of code that needs to be added. If you search for "Images jar" you'll find lots of discussion. Or you could go to my site at www.brouelette.com and look at the code for "One Hour Wumpus" to see the ImageLoader that I use that works in or out of a jar file.
Good luck.