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GETFONT() & Installed Device Fonts.
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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
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00409567
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Sorry Edmond,

I don't have a printer with internal fonts to try this on.

Alex


>WAG - That's my eternal modus operendi <g>
>
>He does say that it shows in Word, Excel, etc. but just not my application which uses GETFONT().
>
>I'm kicking myself as I write this for not thinking of telling him to enter it manually in the GETFONT() dialog box but I just emailed him to do so and to report back.
>
>To create my own list do you know if AFONTS() will show the hard fonts installed on a printer? I don't have a printer with internal fonts to be able to check this out.
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>Ed
>
>>Set WAG on
>>
>>Hi Edmond,
>>
>>Ask him if the fonts show up when he runs word or any other app.
>>
>>Try to send output to the printer setting the fontname by hand (writing its name) and see if that works.
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>>If the above works, and his fonts show up in Word but not vfp, I would try the following to give him a whole list:
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>>Instead of using getfont(), create your own list of fonts (which should include whatever vfp finds and a hardcoded list of the fonts in the printer) and allow the user to choose from there instead.
>>
>>Alex
>>
>>
>>>I have a user with a printer that has a font cartridge with fonts that he wants to choose from when making mailing labels. My application uses GETFONT() to offer him a selection of available fonts for him to choose from but he says that his printer's internal fonts are not showing on the list.
>>>
>>>I do not have a printer with internal fonts to test this but, assumeing that this is correct, is there a way to include internal printer fonts when letting a user choose?
>>>
>>>Ed
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