embed/install font

[Chipp Walters]

Bob,

Here's how I would probably go about this on XP..

1) Research what registry entries are changed in Windows when installing 
a TrueType font

2) Suck up the font into your app:
set the uMyCustomFont of this stack to URL ("binfile:C:/myfont.ttf")

3) On startup spit it back out:
   a) find the specialFolder(36) which gives you the current Windows 
directory and append it with /Fonts:

put specialFolder(36) & "/Fonts/" into tFontPath

check to see if your font exists

put "myfont.ttf" after tFontPath
if there is not a file tFontPath then
   put the uMyCustomFont of this stack into URL ("binfile:" & tFontPath)
   --> SET REGISTRY STUFF IF NECESSARY
end if

then check to see if you need a restart, or you can just start using the 
font.

As mentioned, I believe there's a DLL somewhere which may make this 
easier, but I don't know where.

-Chipp



Bob Earp wrote:
> I need this BIG time, and it mnay be a show stopper form me moving a 
> whole mess of customers form ToolBook (where this isa breeze to do) to 
> Rev.  At RevConWest Andre Garcia said that he thought he had a way of 
> doing this by using a custom property to store the font, but I haven't 
> heard from him since then.
> 
> Bob Earp - White Rock, BC.