Question of Legality/Ethics

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Anyone.....

I believe I have discovered a couple of rare cases where my customers may
not have a standard windows font (MS Sans Serif) installed on their computer
and the system is substituting a font that is making a mess out some things.

Does anyone know if it is 1.) Legal 2.) Ethical to include a copy of the
font from my machine and register it on the customers computer during the
install?

Thanks.

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Lee
http://www.cya2day.com

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If the fonts are freely downloadable from Microsoft and should have been
part of the distribution, I can't see why this would be a problem.

You could find the download on Microsofts site and then set it as a
requirement to install you app.....

paul macfarlane

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Thanks Paul....

That's was more or less my reasoning as well.

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Lee
http://www.cya2day.com

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Lee,

As Paul said regarding including fonts (just like for PDF

But I think that will be useless unless if in code your force that Font in
your app because if Windows uses another font in your clients computer then
depending on "when" you use yours etc ....

See with Jorge's Final Step which makes wonders for me

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Merci - Thank you

JP

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Hi Jean-Pierre,

PDF output is where my problem lies. As near as I can tell, it appears as if
the "Helvetica" is being substituted for the "MS Sans Serif" font. But only
on the PDF output. Sending the report to a printer works just fine I'm told.

I have been unable to replicate this on any of my machines and only two
customers have reported this behavior so the problem is definitely isolated
to an issue on their computer. I was hopeful it would be a missing font and
I could resolve the issue by installing the font on their computer. All the
fonts in my reports are default Windows fonts. (MS Sans Serif, Arial and
Times New Roman)

I will look at final step.....

Thanks.

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Lee
http://www.cya2day.com

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If PDF is your pb and you are using Xchange then simply add the font to the
report .... that might do the trick

JP

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Merci - Thank you

JP

Data Management Center
A tool which let's you Import Export Transfer your data so easily ...
http://www.dm8.fr

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I own XChange, however, I am using the native Clarion PDF templates.

Thanks.

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Lee
http://www.cya2day.com

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switch and try it on their machine .... it is SO much more powerfull

JP

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Merci - Thank you

JP

Data Management Center
A tool which let's you Import Export Transfer your data so easily ...
http://www.dm8.fr

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Hey Lee,

Long time no see!

From MS...
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/permissions/default.mspx#E1E

Microsoft products, services, and Web content-including images, text, and
software downloads (collectively, "Products and Services")-are owned by
Microsoft Corporation and/or by Microsoft vendors, who have given Microsoft
permission to use the Products and Services.

Unless Microsoft explicitly gives you permission within the End-User License
Agreement (EULA) or License Terms that accompany the Products and Services
and/or in the guidelines below, you may not copy, modify, distribute,
display, license, or sell any Products and Services or components contained
in them.

For more information, consult your copyright attorney.

blah, blah, blah...
Fonts
Microsoft licenses existing fonts from various font vendors and also
commissions original fonts. If you want to license a particular font, you
should contact the vendor directly. The vendor will be listed in the font's
copyright or trademark entry. Use the free Font properties extension to
access this information.

Until recently most fonts that include a Microsoft copyright or trademark
notice have been available only as part of Microsoft products. Although some
fonts remain Microsoft-exclusive, a number of Microsoft fonts are now
available to end users, independent software vendors (ISVs), and original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) under license from Ascender Corporation.
These include Verdana, Georgia, Comic Sans MS, Microsoft Sans Serif, Nina,
Tahoma, Wingdings, Webdings, and Trebuchet MS.

For more information regarding fonts, and links to font vendors, visit the
Microsoft Typography Web site.


Hmmm...

You could embed the font into your app and call it directly and need not
worry that you are installing anytime the the end user does not want. I
wrote a ClarionMag article on it.

Anyway, how was your Xmas?

Have you heard anytime thing from Alec Sherman?


db

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Hey Lee,

What did you end up doing?

db

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Hi David,

I am still sorting out some of the details with my customer so I can get him
to do the testing for me. I am unable to reproduce the problem on any of my
machines.

I'll post when I have something tangible to report.

Thanks for asking.

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Regards,

Lee
http://www.cya2day.com