Since the last Java Update (Java 7 Update 65 and Java 8 Update 11) our Java Web Start applications based on SWT no longer support visual styles on Microsoft Windows platforms. For the full details please have a look at:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=439759
Our investigation shows since the last update jp2launcher.exe seems to wrap around javaws.exe. This executable is however missing the required section for visual styles within its manifest. We would expect to see something like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity
version="1.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="*"
name="CompanyName.ProductName.YourApplication"
type="win32"
/>
<description>Your application description here.</description>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
type="win32"
name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
version="6.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="*"
publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
language="*"
/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>
in its manifest.
Is anyone else facing this issue or does know of a workaround to this problem?
Thanks & Kind Regards,
Dirk