embed/install font

[Jeanne A. E. DeVoto]

At 1:11 PM -0400 7/18/2005, Brad Borch wrote:
>Thanks for the pointer. I've done a fair bit of work in Director, 
>Flash, etc. A long time ago I did Hypercard work. I'm sure with a 
>little bit of guidance I'll get "custom properties," but if you 
>could just point me to a brief explanation of how this works and how 
>to "suck up" and "spit out" (as I've heard the process referred to 
>in some posts) something like another file or executable, I'd 
>appreciate it.


How to store a file in a custom property:

You can use a URL to store a file in a custom property:

   set the myStoredFile of stack "My Stack" \
      to URL "binfile:mypicture.jpg"

You restore the file by putting the custom property's value into a URL:

   put the myStoredFile of stack "My Stack" \
      into URL "binfile:mypicture.jpg"

   Tip:  To save space, compress the file before storing it:

   set the myStoredFile of stack "My Stack" \
      to compress(URL "binfile:mypicture.jpg")
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