Clarion - FONT SHIPPING QUESTION

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FONT SHIPPING QUESTION

Arnett, James

2004-04-27, 7:31 pm

Hi,

I have a specialty font in my app that I assigned to a window field
and a report field (it links fine on my development PC), but how do I
get that font to appear on the window and report of my end user's PC?

When I test on another PC, I get Wingdings instead of the font
specified at my field string properties. So far, I've tried copying
the font into the C:\Windows\font directory, but still get Wingdings;
I've even checked the box on SetUp Builder for installing the font to
that font directory as a font but I still keep getting Wingdings in
place of my specialty font, even after restarting the PC and I can see
it used by Wordpad.

What am I doing wrong? How can I ship the specialty font so it works
on the end user's PC like it does on my development PC?

Thanks!

James

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Ivo Ivanov

2004-04-28, 4:30 am

Hi James,

Why don't you use LinderSoft's SetupBuilder. It can install fonts very
successfuly.
Another option is not copying the file into fonts folder, but installing it
through the control panel.

success,
Ivo Ivanov
Modest Automatisering B.V.

"Arnett, James" <james@jamesarnett.com> schreef in bericht
news:e356ca03.0404271448.38c2e451@posting.google.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a specialty font in my app that I assigned to a window field
> and a report field (it links fine on my development PC), but how do I
> get that font to appear on the window and report of my end user's PC?
>
> When I test on another PC, I get Wingdings instead of the font
> specified at my field string properties. So far, I've tried copying
> the font into the C:\Windows\font directory, but still get Wingdings;
> I've even checked the box on SetUp Builder for installing the font to
> that font directory as a font but I still keep getting Wingdings in
> place of my specialty font, even after restarting the PC and I can see
> it used by Wordpad.
>
> What am I doing wrong? How can I ship the specialty font so it works
> on the end user's PC like it does on my development PC?
>
> Thanks!
>
> James
>
> Substitute "office" at the front of my email address.

Arnett, James

2004-04-28, 11:32 pm

I'm using Setup Builder 4 and even checked the details box to install
the font as a font (into the right directory) but I'm still getting
Wingdings instead of the specialty font I'm trying to install on the
end user's PC.

To me, it seems like this should be working but it's just not
happening for some subtle, goofy reason.

Is there something I'm doing wrong in Clarion by using the font picker
to call out that specialty font? It's in the "c:\windows\font" folder
but it's just not linking, even after restarting. Where could this
possibly be getting muddled?

Thanks!

James

Volker

2004-04-29, 9:30 am

Maybe, I can help.
I'm using Inno-Setup instead of setup-builder. In Inno-Setup you have
to call the font with its windows-name (e.g. Times New Roman, instead
of times.ttf)
Also, the font has to be in the same directory as your application,
when you collect the setup-files. While installing your program, the
font will be installed into your fonts-directory.

Regards,

Volker

james@jamesarnett.com (Arnett, James) wrote in message news:<e356ca03.0404281712.76b062cb@posting.google.com>...
> I'm using Setup Builder 4 and even checked the details box to install
> the font as a font (into the right directory) but I'm still getting
> Wingdings instead of the specialty font I'm trying to install on the
> end user's PC.
>
> To me, it seems like this should be working but it's just not
> happening for some subtle, goofy reason.
>
> Is there something I'm doing wrong in Clarion by using the font picker
> to call out that specialty font? It's in the "c:\windows\font" folder
> but it's just not linking, even after restarting. Where could this
> possibly be getting muddled?
>
> Thanks!
>
> James

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