When Java applet invokes JavaScript which executes window.showModalDialog, get popup with about:blank

Question

When using a Java applet that invokes a Javascript function that in turn calls window.showModalDialog, a pop-up dialog that only contains "about:blank" results. Selecting "show desktop" from the Windows 7 taskbar and then viewing the FireFox window results in the true dialog content being displayed. Everything worked properly until very recently (and old versions of FireFox work) and I suspect something was changed in FireFox as a result of the recent Java security failures.

Answer 1

Hello, I don't know about this specifically but this is what I would try.
Instead of the string "\u7834\u70C2\u7269\u7A0B\u5E8F\u5458..."
Set the encoding type in the String constructor first...
ie:
new String( "\u7834\u70C2\u7269\u7A0B\u5E8F\u5458...","GB18030");
Here is a little class I whipped up to show the CharSets that are available to you..
public class ShowAllCharSets
ShowAllCharSets()
Map myMap = Charset.availableCharsets();
Iterator iterator = myMap.keySet().iterator();
   while (iterator.hasNext())
      System.out.println("Char set name = "+((String)it.next()));
public static void main(String args[])
   new ShowAllCharSets();
}Then use the preset charset String with the specific encoding already set for your menu items.
GB18030 I picked arbitrarily because it is Chinese and you may have to try another.
Good Luck!
(T)