about the read() in the FileReader class...

[Jian Zhang]

I open a file using FileReader, then use the read() method to read the file in to a char array, but in the xp of English version it will read some unknown characters like small cubes,(hell knows what is that!),but in Chinese version of xp , it reads pretty ok. Gonna confused to death!
somebody kind who is willing to help me?thanks a lot!

[Dirk Schreckmann]

floatingkent Zhang,
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[Dirk Schreckmann]

I would guess that the character array contains characters that the font in use by the english machine cannot display. If you want the characters to be displayed on the english machine, you'll likely have to specify that the appropriate font be used.

[Jian Zhang]

thanks a lot for your help,but could you tell me how to change the font in the character array?

[Dirk Schreckmann]

There isn't a font in the character array to be changed. A font to be used can be specified when text is displayed on certain components.
I'm moving this to the Swing / JFC / AWT forum where they like to talk about this fancy display stuff.
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