Script execution error using 'the fontNames'

Paul Dupuis paul at researchware.com
Tue Apr 15 13:57:55 EDT 2025 

Typo - that was supposed to be Windows 10 (but, the 9 and 0 are really 
close on my keyboard and my fingers seem to grow bigger and the keys 
smaller as the years go by!)


On 4/15/2025 1:43 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
> Are you from the future? (There is no Windows 19) LOL!
>
> Bob S
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Does your script call =E2=80=98stop using font=E2=80=99?

This can cause corruption of the font handling code in Windows; =
typically calling the fontnames thereafter does nothing and I have seen =
a crash

https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D24151


The bug was reported in 2023. It is confirmed but has not been fixed

Neville Smythe

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