revFontUnload Fail

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Tue Aug 20 17:51:48 EDT 2013


On 8/20/13 4:19 PM, Roger Eller wrote:
> I'm trying to include a font with a desktop application.  I don't want to
> install the font because the users may not have admin rights.  This in on
> WinXP and Win7.  revFontLoad does the trick perfectly, but in my
> closeStackRequest handler is where I try to unload the font, and the result
> is "couldn't unload font".
>
> As a standalone, I included some answer dialogs to check the path to the
> font, and it is indeed correct.  After the application quits, I verify that
> there are no lingering processes, then I try to throw away the app folder
> (because this is still development).  Windows gives me a warning that the
> font file is in-use, so I can't trash the folder.  Any suggestions are
> welcome.  Again, there are no lingering processes, so I am completely lost.

Is your standalone still running in the Task Manager? I've seen that 
happen a number of times, the app won't fully quit.

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