I recently opened a report with Oracle for what I believe may be the same issue. It may impact many existing Mac OS X applications so should be considered seriously.
(Review ID: JI-9020016) - JNLP property apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar no longer treated as secure for Mac OS X Java application launched by unsigned dynamically-generated JNLP will run, but missing user interface features like menus, dialog boxes and response to function keys. Missing features render application unusable to Mac OS X users. Normally menus are enabled by setting apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar to true in resources section of JNLP. As early as September 2010, this property was secure for Mac OS X but insecure for other OS. This leads me to believe there used to be a special build of Java for Mac OS X, and this issue may be a side-effect of an initiative to unify the codebase. Maybe incomplete documentation led to oversight because no Apple properties are listed among "The following properties, as well as properties beginning..." http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/javaws/developersguide/syntax.html POSSIBLE DUPLICATE: JDK-8075070 NOT DUPLICATE: JDK-8024720 (Has workaround, place property near top of resources section) WORKSTATION INFO: Mac Mini Late 2012 OSX 10.9.3 (13D65) Firefox 36.0.1. JNLP INFO: <resources> <property name="apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar" value="true" /> </resources> JAVA CONSOLE: Java Web Start 11.40.2.25 Using JRE version 1.8.0_40-b25 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM ... Insecure property: (apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar, true) specified in unsigned jnlp file will not be set. REGRESSION INFO: Problem does not replicate in J8u31 Java Web Start 11.31.2.13 Using JRE version 1.8.0_31-b13 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM William E. Burk │ Product Support Specialist, KODAK DESIGN2LAUNCH SOLUTIONS Kodak Technology Solutions Eastman Kodak Company │ 1408 Flores │ Pacifica, Ca 94044 │ United States │ william.b...@kodak.com<mailto:william.b...@kodak.com> │ 203.653.2582 Office │ 650.868.4948 Mobile │ [EKLOGO2]
