Duplicate File Finder: Java 1.4.x Deficiencies

Known issues for Duplicate File Finder when using Java 1.4.x

Unfortunately with the release of Java 1.4 a number of asthetic issues surfaced with Duplicate File Finder. These problems seemed to not be present when using Duplicate File Finder with earlier versions of Java.

Some of these problems have been fixed for Duplicate File Finder 1.1.1. In particular, these are:

In the Main Window, the File Size and File Name checkbox tags are truncated.
In the Progress Window, the End Time is only partly visible and is unreadable.
In the Progress Window, the number of files processed has the bottom part of the number cut off.

Other problems appear to be bugs in Java 1.4.x. Sun has not made a response to my bug report, so issues mentioned here will not be worked on. Also, I will not be working on these issues partly because I am working on a new version of Duplicate File Finder.

The known remaining issues affecting Duplicate File Finder with Java 1.4.x are:

In the Duplicates Found Window, the file information is on one line. In previous versions of Java, each piece of information was on its own line. This appears to be a bug of Java in that new line characters in strings are ignored in JTextFields.

If Sun replies to my bug report, I will take further steps. I hope the issues mentioned here will not affect your ability to use Duplicate File Finder.

Last updated: 31/03/2004

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