[JGloss] Invalid Dictionary Files?

[Roy <kur...@ya...>]

Hello,

I had been able to use JGloss 1.0.8 and 2.0.a2 in the past without any
problems.  I recently downloaded 1.0.10 and 2.0.a3 and unziped the files
into their own directories.  However, now when I try to run JGloss (either
version), I get an error that states that the dictionary files I'm using are
invalid.  The error message when I click the "Why" button is:



    The file C:\Program Files\Japanese\edict was tested against each
built-in dictionary format.
    The following is a list of all formats and the reason the file was not
recognized:

    WadokuJT:The character encoding of the dictionary file was detected as
EUC-JP, which is not the expected encoding UTF-8.
    EDICT (Unicode):The character encoding of the dictionary file was
detected as EUC-JP, which is not the expected encoding UTF-8.
    KANJIDIC:Failed to read dictionary file.
    EDICT:Failed to read dictionary file.

    Possible solutions:
    - The file might be compressed. Uncompress it with zip or gzip.
    - The format might have changed. Try downloading a current version of
the dictionary file and JGloss.
    - If the dictionary file is current, JGloss might not support the
dictionary format. Please contact the JGloss author.



I tried deleting the index files, I tried downloading new dictionary files
from Jim Breen's site without any success.  The weird thing is that now the
old versions of JGloss no longer work.  The other weird thing is that if I
use the version of JGloss that was installed using the Java Web Start link,
everything works fine.  Using the web start version I can use the dictionary
files that are reported as invalid.  I can use the Web Start version for
now, but that requires an internet connection and I would ideally like to
use version 2.  Would someone be able to assist me in figuring out what is
wrong?

Thank you.

System Configuration:
   Windows 2000
   Java  1.4.2_03