Question for Windows people

Chipp Walters chipp at chipp.com
Mon Mar 1 19:05:01 EST 2004



David Squance wrote:

> I need my little project to work under XP, and need a little help, being a
> Mac guy.  First, when the build only shows the one .exe file, will the
> substack allow changes to be saved?  The engine is supposed to be attached
> to a splash screen mainstack, and the substack is hidden inside somewhere.
> I know it doesn't appear under OSX, but I need to be sure it will behave as
> needed under Windows.

David,
Your substack must be external to the application. In my case, the 
splashscreen just downloads it from the web.

> 
> Second, I need non-proportional fonts.  I had thought Courier was
> ubiquitous, but either it's been supplanted by Courier New, or was just
> left out when stuff was installed on that PC.  Are there any others I can
> be almost guaranteed will be there?  Monaco doesn't appear to be.  On my
> Mac, Courier New appears very faint in Rev, though it's fine in Appleworks.
> Does anyone know what will happen with it in XP and a standalone?  Courier
> New 12 point appears very slightly larger than Courier (I have both on my
> Mac), but the difference is not significant.

I use Courier New

-Chipp


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