So here is the scenario:

I am working on a collaborative application which as a whole requires JDK
1.3. However one part of this application viz. a whiteboard application only
runs with JDK 1.2 ! If I run the whiteboard application in a JDK 1.3
environment then the icons for editing tools (cut, paste), figure tools
(draw line, circle, etc ) are not displayed. Instead of the image icons only
buttons are shown. The application runs well otherwise except for the
display of image icons. I looked at the Java Console but it did not show any
errors or exceptions when the whiteboard application was loaded. This seems
to indicate that the images (*.gifs etc) are being located but not being
displayed ...

Are there any special classes which are applicable only to the 1.2 version
and not to future versions ? The weblink below indicates that JDK 1.2
utilizes the capabilities of JFC . Are these available in JDK 1.3 as well ?
If anyone has a clue as to how this can be resolved it would be great !
Thanks.

The whiteboard application which I am using is based on the following :

http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/disciple/whiteboard/

I have not coded this collaborative application from scratch but have been
told that in the past this application supposedly worked ! Only I need to
get it running :)