Re: altFont: Load a font
Chip, I tried your solution, but it neither produces the font required or an error. More comments below, thanks, Adrian... On 28 Nov 2006, at 22:09, Chipp Walters wrote: Adrian, Here's a handler to load a font named "fred.ttf" located in the default folder. on loadFont pFont if "/" is not in pFont then --> pFont IS NOT FULL PATHNAME SO MUST CREATE FULLPATH put the defaultFolder into tPath put tPath &"/"& pFont into pFont end if --> NOW LOAD THE FONT XLOAD_FONT tPath put the result into tResult if tResult is not empty then answer warning tResult end if end loadFont So where should the code above go? Is it a button script or should it also go in the card script before loadFont "fred.ttf" ? I tried it on the card script already. You can call this handler from a handler in the card script of card 1 of your stack: on openStack loadFont "fred.ttf" end openStack On 11/28/06, Adrian Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did get a solution from the altFont author Chris Bohnert, but it lacked enough comment for this newbie to understand how to use uFileName and uEmbeddedFile and where to put the script. __ Club Type http://www.clubtype.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: altFont: Load a font
Thanks Chip for your advice. I'm a little stacked at the moment but will try your solution sometime next week. On 29 Nov 2006, at 18:16, Richard Gaskin wrote: I'm hoping that Rev will make altFont a relatively transparent feature when it gets incorporated into the next version of Rev. Such that there is a simple "imbed" option in the standalone builder, and that the ensuing standalone will check font availability and do the install/uninstall on the host computer as needed upon startup/shutdown. Does it provide notification to the user before making this modification to the user's system? One would assume the apps. author would state that permissions *may* be required to modify the system at install time in order to successfully install all items. Not mentioning fonts specifically. I'd like to see truly embedded fonts, right into the stack file a la PDF That would be the ideal. Our FAQ page here gives a rundown of font formats. The OpenType PS (CFF) format holds the most promise for the future in which to plough resources. But TrueType (now) should also be embedded relatively easily. http://www.clubtype.co.uk/formatlist.html Adrian -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com __ Club Type http://www.clubtype.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: altFont: Load a font
I'm hoping that Rev will make altFont a relatively transparent feature when it gets incorporated into the next version of Rev. Such that there is a simple "imbed" option in the standalone builder, and that the ensuing standalone will check font availability and do the install/uninstall on the host computer as needed upon startup/shutdown. Does it provide notification to the user before making this modification to the user's system? I'd like to see truly embedded fonts, right into the stack file a la PDF -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: altFont: Load a font
Definitely. Hoping the Scotts can make it so. :) It would be such a nice feature. Mark On Nov 28, 2006, at 12:21 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: Mark Swindell wrote: I'm hoping that Rev will make altFont a relatively transparent feature when it gets incorporated into the next version of Rev. Such that there is a simple "imbed" option in the standalone builder, and that the ensuing standalone will check font availability and do the install/uninstall on the host computer as needed upon startup/shutdown. What a good idea! Can you put it in as a feature request in Bugzilla? I think everyone would like to see this implemented. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: altFont: Load a font
Adrian, Here's a handler to load a font named "fred.ttf" located in the default folder. on loadFont pFont if "/" is not in pFont then --> pFont IS NOT FULL PATHNAME SO MUST CREATE FULLPATH put the defaultFolder into tPath put tPath &"/"& pFont into pFont end if --> NOW LOAD THE FONT XLOAD_FONT tPath put the result into tResult if tResult is not empty then answer warning tResult end if end loadFont You can call this handler from a handler in the card script of card 1 of your stack: on openStack loadFont "fred.ttf" end openStack On 11/28/06, Adrian Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I did get a solution from the altFont author Chris Bohnert, but it lacked enough comment for this newbie to understand how to use uFileName and uEmbeddedFile and where to put the script. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: altFont: Load a font
Mark Swindell wrote: I'm hoping that Rev will make altFont a relatively transparent feature when it gets incorporated into the next version of Rev. Such that there is a simple "imbed" option in the standalone builder, and that the ensuing standalone will check font availability and do the install/uninstall on the host computer as needed upon startup/shutdown. What a good idea! Can you put it in as a feature request in Bugzilla? I think everyone would like to see this implemented. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: altFont: Load a font
I'm hoping that Rev will make altFont a relatively transparent
feature when it gets incorporated into the next version of Rev. Such
that there is a simple "imbed" option in the standalone builder, and
that the ensuing standalone will check font availability and do the
install/uninstall on the host computer as needed upon startup/shutdown.
Mark
On Nov 28, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Adrian Williams wrote:
Hello,
I recently purchased altFont and using the
buttons that came with the DEMO stack all works fine,
using altFont to embed a font in my app.
I have been able to "SuckUp" the font in the IDE.
"SpitOut" the font from the button's custom prop. into the default
Folder.
Now all I want to do is "Load a font" from the default Folder!
Simple enough if a clicked button presents the User with a dialog
to navigate the the font, but I don't want the User to have to do
that.
Why should they.
I know where the font is sitting - its in the default Folder.
So how can I replace the code below with something triggered by the
card script
to load the font automatically rather than the button...
--snippet of code
on mouseUp
answer file "choose a ttf file to load"
if it is empty then exit to top
put the fontNames into tOldList
put the number of lines in tOldList into tNumOfFonts
--> ONLY COMMAND FOR LOADING
XLOAD_FONT it
put the result into tResult
if tResult is not empty then
answer warning tResult
exit to top
end if
--etc. etc
I did get a solution from the altFont author Chris Bohnert, but it
lacked
enough comment for this newbie to understand how to use uFileName and
uEmbeddedFile and where to put the script...
Adrian,
The code you're using is very dangerously relying on the value of
'it'
remaining stable between the call to Answer file and the call to
XLOAD_FONT.
I'd leave your 'suck up' button in place (hiding it when you ship)
and do the following to load the font. The 'suck up' button sets the
uFileName custom prop and uEmbeddedFile.
put the uFileName of this card into tFilePath
--if you need to append a subdir struct into the path you can do
it now with
put "./mysubdir/" & tFilePath into tFilePath
put the uEmbeddedFile of this card into URL("binfile:" & tFilePath )
if there is a file tFilePath then
XLOAD_FONT tFilePath
else
answer information "Font missing"
end if
Any guidance would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Adrian
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altFont: Load a font
Hello,
I recently purchased altFont and using the
buttons that came with the DEMO stack all works fine,
using altFont to embed a font in my app.
I have been able to "SuckUp" the font in the IDE.
"SpitOut" the font from the button's custom prop. into the default
Folder.
Now all I want to do is "Load a font" from the default Folder!
Simple enough if a clicked button presents the User with a dialog
to navigate the the font, but I don't want the User to have to do that.
Why should they.
I know where the font is sitting - its in the default Folder.
So how can I replace the code below with something triggered by the
card script
to load the font automatically rather than the button...
--snippet of code
on mouseUp
answer file "choose a ttf file to load"
if it is empty then exit to top
put the fontNames into tOldList
put the number of lines in tOldList into tNumOfFonts
--> ONLY COMMAND FOR LOADING
XLOAD_FONT it
put the result into tResult
if tResult is not empty then
answer warning tResult
exit to top
end if
--etc. etc
I did get a solution from the altFont author Chris Bohnert, but it
lacked
enough comment for this newbie to understand how to use uFileName and
uEmbeddedFile and where to put the script...
Adrian,
The code you're using is very dangerously relying on the value of 'it'
remaining stable between the call to Answer file and the call to
XLOAD_FONT.
I'd leave your 'suck up' button in place (hiding it when you ship)
and do the following to load the font. The 'suck up' button sets the
uFileName custom prop and uEmbeddedFile.
put the uFileName of this card into tFilePath
--if you need to append a subdir struct into the path you can do it
now with
put "./mysubdir/" & tFilePath into tFilePath
put the uEmbeddedFile of this card into URL("binfile:" & tFilePath )
if there is a file tFilePath then
XLOAD_FONT tFilePath
else
answer information "Font missing"
end if
Any guidance would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Adrian
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