FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :
 customer  Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]




A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Only JPG or GIF files are supported as Icon images in Java
Web Start JNLP file.  Although when running on Windows
operating system, Web Start converts this icon to an ICO,
you cannot specify an ICO as the source file.

Would greatly like ICO files to be supported by Web Start.

This bug can be reproduced always.
(Review ID: 138431) 
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  xxxxx@xxxxx   10/11/04 15:22 GMT

N/A

investigate for tiger
  xxxxx@xxxxx   2002-04-25

The specification was changed in 1.5.0 to allow any platform dependant format for icons, so the sub-catagory is changed from spec.  This needs to be implementated in mustang for ico type.
  xxxxx@xxxxx   10/11/04 15:22 GMT

I am using Mustang but still seeing this issue.  I am using
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.6.0-beta-b59g)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-beta-b59g, mixed mode, sharing)
Eg:-
new ImageIcon(obj.getClass().getResource("abcd.ico"));
The above return null even though the file location is valid.

If Java is to support *.ico, it should support it for ALL OS's, none, or leave *.ico undefined, thus makeing *.ico files useless/errors on OS's that do not support them!
Todd_Musheno@yahoo.com

why is this a problem? why can you not specify this in the jnlp file as a resource only to windows, jnlp is a very strong and flexible way of deploying java applications, and on the other platforms specify an alternative or cross platform , image format, sorry but like mirosoft or not they are not going to change vista ico format so it works with java, but if java is to look good on the windows vista platform then this needs to work

why is this a problem? why can you not specify this in the jnlp file as a resource only to windows, jnlp is a very strong and flexible way of deploying java applications, and on the other platforms specify an alternative or cross platform , image format, sorry but like mirosoft or not they are not going to change vista ico format so it works with java, but if java is to look good on the windows vista platform then this needs to work

How does one use said feature? Java does not accept my icons. Are only certain types of .ico's permissible?