I am just facing a compatibility issue with Java 7u17 and Windows 8. When I am in "desktop mode" and want to set the platform LAF everything works in case the default Windows theme is set (the one that looks similar to Win7). When Windows 8 is set to a high contrast theme (black background + whil/yellow foreground), setting of the platform LAF no loger works. Here is the stack trace:
java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.XPStyle$Skin.getWidth(Unknown Source) at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.XPStyle$Skin.getWidth(Unknown Source) at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsPopupMenuUI.getGutterWidth(Unknown Source) at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel.initVistaComponentDefault s(Unknown Source) at com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel.initComponentDefaults(Unk nown Source) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicLookAndFeel.getDefaults(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(Unknown Source) at javax.swing.UIManager.setLookAndFeel(Unknown Source) Is this problem already known and scheduled for a later update version? Regards, Heiko
