>When we install some fonts for our system on a new windows computer, the window's fonts don't automatically get updated. We have to
physically go into the fonts folder and then go into the application to get them to appear correctly. We are using the Visual Foxpr Setup Wizard
to create our setup. Is there anything we can do programmatically to make this happen. We've seached quite a bit, and we've even looked
through our TechNet CDs.
>
>Any help would be appreciated!!
>
> Installing fonts is really not possible if done in VFP code. The installation >process calls for a call to EnumFontFamilies() which requires a
> callback function.
>
> OTOH, you can make the font(s) available to your application by calling >AddFontResource() in the Win32api. Ed Rauh has posted an FAQ in
> the Win32API and other APIs section. What you could do is at the start of your >code, add the font resource following the steps in Ed's FAQ.
> It would then be available to it.
>
> In addition to what Ed presents, I'd also recommend that you remove the >resource when the application shuts doing using:
>
> DECLARE INTEGER RemoveFontResource IN WIN32API;
> STRING @lpfontfile
> * lcfontfile is the name of the font file
> = RemoveFontResource(@lcfontfile)



Hello. John posted the original message in my behalf. AddFontResource executes fine, but it doesn't register the font. I copy the font into the C:\Windows\Fonts directory, execute this API function(which returns 1, meaning it was successful), and VFP still substitutes my font for another. I'm using the font with @SAY's right now. Any idea what I've done wrong, or anything else I can try? Thank you very much.


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