Installing Fonts

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If I want to have a menu option in my application that installs some new
fonts, what code do I write to install the fonts? Do I just copy my .ttf
files into the Windows\Fonts directory, or is there more to it than that?

Thanks

Mark Knowles

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Mark,

Windows only registers the fonts if you copy the font via the Explorer. If
you do it from an application, you have to register the font in the
registry, then add the font resource from the specified file to the system
font table and broadcast a WM_FONTCHANGE message so applications know that
the font is available.

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BTW, and of course, you need administrator execution level privileges to
handle this (in an UAC-aware operating system). But your "asInvoker"
application should never run elevated by default, so you should handle this
from another program.

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Friedrich,

> so you should handle this from another program.

....such as an SB7 install.

You need to finish those sentences a bit better, Friedrich!<g>

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Some things go without saying<g>

Jeff Slarve

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Wow, nothing like a little cross promotion!

Actually, my install software is quite old and that's the reason for my
original post. Rather than upgrading that package, I think I'll look into
Setup Builder 7

(Did I do that right?)

Mark Knowles

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Mark,

> (Did I do that right?)

Absolutely!<g>

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If you buy Setup Builder, all of your wildest dreams will come
true!<g>

Jeff Slarve

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Jeff,

> If you buy Setup Builder, all of your wildest dreams will come
> true!<g>

Worked for me!<g>

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> If you buy Setup Builder, all of your wildest dreams will come
> true!<g>

Plus the guy who buys SetupBuilder ALWAYS gets the girl in the movies...

Those other installer user guys are just losers...

:-)

Charles

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>
> You need to finish those sentences a bit better, Friedrich!<g>
>

<VBG> ;-)

Friedrich

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