Thanks for the explanation Terry. I didn't realize Java was widespread in
large office applications, which I thought were developed in Visual C/Basic
or some similar language. Can't say I'm impressed with Java, if it's related
to those little javascript web links ("This page cannot be displayed") that
never seem to work.Nat PS: If it was my own code a little diddling of the form: CTime time; time.GetFormat(&format); // time.SetFormat(&format, AM_PM); time.DoOtherStuff; would fix the problem real quick. <g> > > > Of Nat Hager III > >Little message I sent to the pcAnywhere folks, on the file manager applet > >that can't be set to 24h format... > > > >Can't it just accept the user-specificed�Windows default format, > >like all other software I use? > > This is a common problem with Java software. Java applications don't know > about operating system settings. The marketing of Java as 'cross platform' > really means that the application will look equally bad on all > platforms and > alien to all. > > Java applications do not look at all operating system settings. That is > sometimes because it is not possible, but it is sometimes because the > developers don't write the code. 'Native' applications don't have this > problem so developers don't ever think about it. It applies equally to > settings relating to metric. > > I frequently encounter this with my client work. > > > >
