i am extending a java.awt.Panel

and in the "paint(Graphics g)" method

i try to use ,"g.drawString( )"



and all i get is Question marks



i tryed :



* using Graphics2D

* encode the text to UTF-8 UTF-16 ASCII (str.getBytes("UTF-8 etc...."))



the WEIRD thig is that i dowmloaded another application
that was wroten in java and the application display hebrew



try the new APP "paint" method on my APP
but same thing



the solution was settings in

start->control pabel->regional option->local input (sould select hebrew)



the QUESTION is whyyyyyy?


WHYYYYYY his app can and my cant




thanks shay