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Distributing fonts with a custom application - how to and recommended applicationsBelow is described methods to distribute fonts with an application. To install the fonts alone over a network, the best method would be to use a setup application, and include it in the login script, or send it as an attachment in an email.
Please be aware that distribution of IDAutomation fonts outside an organization requires a Developer License:Fonts can be installed on a Windows PCs by copying them into the \Windows\Fonts directory during the setup or installation process. The computer must be rebooted for the fonts to become active but this may not complete the process, the fonts may have to be viewed via Control Panel - Fonts before the fonts will "register" and be active. The best and most dependable method is to use a setup or installation program. Some installation programs actually register the font as it is copied to the
Windows\Fonts folder so rebooting the computer is not required. For this purpose, the recommended
software is Setup GenPro.
The INSTALL.EXE file in most of IDAutomation's font packages were created with
Setup GenPro. To get a copy of this, go to: The Visual Basic 6.0 package and deployment wizard as well as some other setup
applications have this capability. When a font is added to a project, the wizard will create an entry in
the SETUP.LST file similar to
the following:
See also:
TSI installation program
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